• ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Social media is used by a tiny minority of the population.

    Thinking you can extrapolate what you see on social media into “the public” at large is the chief reason people on Reddit and Lemmy were so baffled when Harris got her ass kicked in the election.

    Be more mindful of what’s true of “the public”, and what’s true only in the echo chamber.

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      8 hours ago

      95%+ of posts and comments have been in support of a murderer, barely any opposition, even on more conservative social media like Facebook… Sure, the general public is different, but even if it’s 60%, that’s still a lot…