quesaisje
Electric Circus
Jr. Member
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« on: April 21, 2024, 07:24:54 AM » |
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1. The decline of professional political journalism is getting severe enough that we have fewer real stories to talk about. It's become much harder to understand what's going on at the state and local levels.
2. A lot of people here don't seem to follow politics outside of social media, and this is one of the site's biggest problems, especially for posters who are young enough that this is all they know.
3. The spread of propaganda enabled by modern social platforms is so severe that this site doesn't have much of a future unless it develops a better "immune system." (This is not just about moderation.)
The X/Twitter embed function is the worst feature enhancement ever to happen to this place. Getting rid of it would be an ideal first step.
It would be even better if everyone just got so bored with that type of content that we just stopped reacting to it. And that's where we need to get. This stuff is dull and tells us virtually nothing about elections.
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