- That is, we start from some type of query and go down more and more specific rabbit holes. - Reflected on this in [[2024-11-10 it isn't always empathy]]: this is just how we use the internet. ![[2024-11-10 it isn't always empathy#^5fd73e]] - The internet has *always* worked this way – has always been “a system for people with esoteric views to come together” (pg. 148). - Thinking about some other sources I haven’t processed yet… It’s also important that we assign agency to people who engage with the content we typically consider “radicalizing” (i.e, far-right content). - We’re scapegoating the algorithm to avoid the hard work of politics and advocacy… - I wonder if this is at least partially explained by how ubiquitous social media has become… Were people interested in these ideas late-ish adopters? #research - [[the internet doesn't make more people vulnerable to bad ideas but it lets ideas of all kinds spread widely]]