firesteelrain 6 days ago

That reinforces my point that sites like this lead to groupthink and coalescence around acceptable thought

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dragonwriter 6 days ago

Well, it reinforces the hypothetical argument that sites like this have a mechanisms whic promotes settling into some kind of self-reinforcing content patterns. You’d have to actually show what the common patterns were for each site (and particularly whether they were share substance of argument or shared style, or both) to make the “groupthink” argument.

(I think the best argument against the groupthing argument here is how inconsistent the positions are that are claimed to be the “groupthink” position by those claiming that.)

firesteelrain 6 days ago

> (I think the best argument against the groupthing argument here is how inconsistent the positions are that are claimed to be the “groupthink” position by those claiming that

Aren’t you countering yourself by not providing the research requested above though?

I mean without objective evidence it’s all just a subjective opinion on either side