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I dunno, I have admittedly gotten into arguments on the internet, but the only people I argue with in real life are my friends. I think it's very easy to dehumanize text on a screen, and like I said I'm guilty of it, not a perfect person (thanks hoobastank, what a fucking stupid name for a band), and interacting with people in your everyday life changes everything. I think, in general, a lot of racism and xenophobia comes from the unknown, and online interaction is basically the unknown.
I think I've said enough times on here that the world has gotten too connected, and that there's a lot of benefit to be had from interacting with the people in your own community. I'd go to war for New Jersey, or the town I live in, because I have so many connections with those people that ascend our stupid colors or our stupid beliefs. You just won't find that online.
And the problem is that I feel it's by design. Dial the clock back more than 20 years, I remember building some pretty strong friendships with some random posters on ebaums forums. Eventually we were skyping at night, and I was like a 15-16 year old kid, and we had men, women, black white yellow, really bridged a lot of gaps, and I dunno, is it because the Internet was less sterilized, more "go out there and have fun" than it is now?
I think that Facebook started it, with it's algorithms, but everything we see is curated, and I just can't help believe that my anger is bespoke, and that's fucking stupid. But there's no way to stop it, save logging off.
So yeah. I dunno. We're doomed, I guess.
I don't use Facebook, but here, Reddit, and YT, I've found that the algorithms are just a mirror of who I am. If I comment or read a post in r/hitman or r/boomershooters I get more posts from those subs. If I watch a Brandon Tenold video or Oddity Archive on YT, I get more movie review recommendations and such.
I think one way to stop it, is to have no anger. The algorithm is a stupid machine. If you watch a video about Nazis, that's like typing Nazis into Google. It's going to give you Nazis. If you watch a video about cats, then your anger is no longer bespoke, and your joy and happiness is curated for you.