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till kingdom come
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Increasingly, one of the rarest things on the internet is spaces,
channels, and networks which arent ideological echo chambers. Many
people seem interested in only intereacting with people who think like
them, talk like them, walk like them, and agree. This is why I love
the federation concept. I can follow and interact with people who have
a wide variety of perspectives. Some of whom exist within echo
chambers. Its awesome, and quite interesting.
I look for instances which have different ideological bent, and follow
people from those instances whose posts display a certain intelligence
and thoughtfulness, because I am interested in what they have to
say. In doing this, Ive started to see a truth that some in the echo
chambers would rather not hear, but that I can see plainly coming
across my feed.... people have more in common with each other than
they think. To a suprising degree. And this massive push of
"othering" that weve seen in recent times is, in many cases, based on
illusion.
Federation has also shown me that not everything has to be one way.
Communities with seemingly incompatible ideologies can exist along
side each other in relative peace. Its not until you centralize
everything, and try to force everyone into one way of being and
thinking that the conflict begins.
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