Social media shows up our selection biases
People gather at a ‘Bring Them Home’ solidarity rally in Trafalgar Square calling for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas a group of people in Bosnia and Herzegovina to delete their Facebook accounts. The study drew from a range of ethnicities, with participants identifying themselves variously as Bozniaks, Serbs, Croats and “Bosnians”. It took place over the annual week of commemoration for the Srebrenica massacre, usually a period of heightened ethnic tension and abuse.
But for some of us, we’re always slightly wondering what’s said when we’re out of the room. Social media allows us to see what our friends are saying when they’ve forgotten we’re still in the room with them. It shows us what our friends think are healthy, even normal views – when no one who might challenge them is present to incept a thought before they press “send”.Selection bias matters.
When social media becomes your signal for the causes you pick and choose, the friends for whom you don’t choose empathy will notice. We shrink tighter into our existing communities; I have found myself spending time only with friends who, like me, fall into the category of “Jewish-ish-ish.”
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