"is an environment in which people seek out and consume information that reinforces their existing beliefs, values or opinions,"
"And it was ... the first acknowledgment that what we see online is not necessarily representative of the offline world,"
"The only content that we're seeing online is from people who agree with us. That was the original kind of conceptualization of an echo chamber,"
"It does happen, but for the most part, we see opinions from people who are most extreme versions of either side of the aisle. And then that can become substantiated in our minds as what's normative or representative of those different groups of people,"
Truth Social functions as a platform that brings together like-minded individuals, producing an echo chamber where users primarily consume information that validates their preexisting beliefs. Online curation of friends, brands, and news limits exposure to diverse viewpoints and can skew perceptions of what is representative. Occasional encounters with opposing content often present extreme versions of those views, which can become perceived as normative for entire groups. The echo-chamber dynamic contributes to political polarization and misrepresentation of the offline world. Truth Social launched in 2022 as a conservative alternative following high-profile removals from mainstream platforms.
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