I've seen polarization appear where none used to be before.
My view is that the web often results in a worst case scenario.
1) Text like books, are permanent - once written, you can always revisit them and they don't get erased
2) Voice is very good for real time expression of emotions you feel. But its never permanent, or easy to revisit. That momentary flash of emotion was never bottled and dissipated.
The net combines the worst of it.
Have an angry thread? You get triggered and write an angry response - and then go away.
Meanwhile, people keep coming to the thread, and it feels like an ongoing conversation - and now they start getting triggered - over and over again.
Its like having people exposed to an anger stimulus, randomly and at mass scale.
So its not just more apparent: It's not just tribe/group discovery - its straight up tribe/splitting and creation.
I've seen polarization appear where none used to be before.
My view is that the web often results in a worst case scenario.
1) Text like books, are permanent - once written, you can always revisit them and they don't get erased
2) Voice is very good for real time expression of emotions you feel. But its never permanent, or easy to revisit. That momentary flash of emotion was never bottled and dissipated.
The net combines the worst of it.
Have an angry thread? You get triggered and write an angry response - and then go away.
Meanwhile, people keep coming to the thread, and it feels like an ongoing conversation - and now they start getting triggered - over and over again.
Its like having people exposed to an anger stimulus, randomly and at mass scale.
So its not just more apparent: It's not just tribe/group discovery - its straight up tribe/splitting and creation.