Gently break out of your filter bubble with this app

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by gnicholas • 10 years ago

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loafa• 9 years ago

I'm a pretty big fan of realclearpolitics, which makes a point of alternating between links from opposite perspectives in its news section, often making for amusing juxtapositions.

Unfortunately most people aren't interested in breaking out of their filter bubbles --- after all, those people on the other side of politics are just so stupid, and wrong, and probably evil, so why listen to them?

gnicholas• 9 years ago

Creator here — there are actually a decent number of folks who have expressed an interest in finding news sources from the "other side".

For some, this is because they were shocked by the election results (Brexit, Trump) and want to understand what people on the other side are thinking so that they can try to find common ground.

For others, it's very much an opposition research play — they've realized that if they don't know what news (or "news") is circulating on the "other side", then they can't effectively combat it.

It's true that there are many people who have no interest in reading news that doesn't make them feel right/smart, and we're not trying to tell folks that they •should• feel this way. We're just building something for people who have decided that they want to get a view from the other side, either for their own personal edification, or to be aware of how the "other side" is positioning things.

Gently break out of your filter bubble with this app

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