I think I’m going backwards with followers. This is the best visual metaphor I can think of to describe…

I think I’m going backwards with followers. This is the best visual metaphor I can think of to describe social media. The liquid is the public. The bubbles are all the tiny individuals and groups social media generates. Each seeing all of society in their one, tiny way. /1 https://t.co/M9SaXb1DWu

Social media is NOT SOCIAL. It’s the libertarian world of individuals and their individual universes of meaning, brought to life. We’re not all sharing a ‘public’ melting pot on social media. We’re occupying these tiny bubbles. The algorithms create and reinforce them. /2 https://t.co/20nkxuFLnv

Each now sees all of society through their tiny bubble-lens. It’s a reality distortion field, the splintering of society into ever-smaller and harder fragments. The conflict this creates further feeds the algorithms, and creates even more bubbles. /end https://t.co/Mb1rnZVZvM