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How do you inform yourself on topics which don't belong to your field of expertise? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by linucs@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You know that channels can curate which comments they have visible on their videos? Mostly this is used to silence hateful comments, but it's just as easily abused to remove all differing points of view.

If all the comments agree, you're probably in a curated bubble.

[–] Muun@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I forgot about that. Good catch.