Mose et al.,
Yep. In fact my own view is that Facebook ought to be commended for making obvious a reality in online life that is often blurred offline. The algorithm just tells us who we are, what we want to associate with or be associated with. Even in offline life we surround ourselves in echo chambers. In Kenya the chambers are largely around social class and politics and their connectedness to ethno-nationalism, perhaps also religious beliefs.
As such FB has only delivered to Americans the raw data about who they are in totality. I am amused that a Nation that touts its diversity as a strong suite is now shocked that there are such deep and divergent views about the American project!
The solution seems to me to be in an active wanting to exit the safe spaces of your known or experienced reality. Your online feedback will quickly follow.
Regards,
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