![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Although we’re hardwired to be friends with people who share the same values or are like-minded, there’s always the danger of creating our own echo chambers-in which our own beliefs and information are amplified and echoed back, unquestioned and unchallenged.Īnd of course, unfriending an actual friend, family member, or colleague is difficult to do, in no small part because it can have real life repercussions. Scrubbing your social media feeds of views you disagree with has its own pitfalls. Studies have shown that we are actually more likely to unfriend someone who spams our newsfeed with asinine photos of food or boring status updates than someone who puts up divisive political posts. In some ways, social media has actually made it harder to sever relationships over politics or call out toxic behavior. ![]()
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