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That’s not filtering ourselves, that’s letting ourselves be filtered. If an algorithm does the mental work of filtering us into bubbles, that makes it harder to escape.

The problem with recommendation algorithms isn’t just the power, it’s the fact that it deprives us of a shared reality. It’s one thing if we filter ourselves into a bubble but it’s another if the site itself does it.

Everything is political, but not everything is about politics. Generally anything that mentions a government should come under such a filter.

Needs a “politicalmemes” community, and a rule banning political memes from memes.