{"id":62755,"date":"2018-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2018\/03\/19\/irl-breaking-social-media-filter-bubbles\/"},"modified":"2018-03-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T00:00:00","slug":"irl-breaking-social-media-filter-bubbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/irl-breaking-social-media-filter-bubbles\/","title":{"rendered":"3 ways to break out of your social media bubble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For as long as the internet\u2019s been around, we\u2019ve talked about it in terms of connection. We connect to the internet, to wifi, to people half or all the way around the world, to what\u2019s possible. And we tailor the web around us to listen and respond. How we search, what we\u2019re shown, and who we follow, are designed to simplify connection. Now, it feels like filters are driving us apart. How did we get here? <\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder='0' height='200px' scrolling='no' seamless src='https:\/\/embed.simplecast.com\/388730c6?color=f5f5f5' width='100%'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/irlpodcast.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">IRL<\/a>, Veronica Belmont investigates the way social media can create, and break, our filter bubbles. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/11\/23\/conversion-via-twitter-westboro-baptist-church-megan-phelps-roper\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Phelps-Roper<\/a> discusses the Westboro Baptist Church, and the bubbles that form offline. Writer <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@bjmay\/how-26-tweets-broke-my-filter-bubble-88c1527517f3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">B.J. May<\/a> talks about the bubbles we encounter every day in our Twitter feeds. And, within the context of a divided America, sometimes bubbles are the thing that holds us together, as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deray\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">DeRay McKesson<\/a> explains through his work. Listen up. And if you\u2019re looking to break out of your cozy online filter bubble, we\u2019ve got some advice for you. <\/p>\n<h3>Get to know your digital neighbors, IRL<\/h3>\n<p>Say you\u2019re a conservative, and you want to get to know a liberal better. Where do you begin? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/henry_tsai\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Henry Tsai\u2019s<\/a> new platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hifromtheotherside.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Hi From The Other Side<\/a> pairs people from across the political divide to meet up in real life and talk it out. <\/p>\n<h3>Keep a balanced (media) diet<\/h3>\n<p>In this week\u2019s episode of IRL, B.J. May talks about what it takes to break free from social filters. For May, it came down to <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@bjmay\/how-26-tweets-broke-my-filter-bubble-88c1527517f3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">26 tweets<\/a> and a commitment to find and follow new voices. It\u2019s kind of like working out, but for your brain. So why not get a coach? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readacrosstheaisle.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read Across The Aisle<\/a> is like a FitBit for responsible news, helping you take a quantified self approach to de-biasing your feed. <\/p>\n<h3>Scroll through someone else\u2019s feed<\/h3>\n<p>Sometimes to truly understand where someone else is coming from, it helps to walk in their shoes. Or at least, live vicariously through their feed. <a href=\"https:\/\/flipfeed.media.mit.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FlipFeed<\/a> is a Twitter plug-in created by M.I.T. researchers that allows you to swap your regular Twitter feed for that of a random, anonymous user from across the aisle. <\/p>\n<p>The internet didn\u2019t create filter bubbles. But it can help break them. For more on how we\u2019re working to combat filter bias, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/07\/announcing-reality-redrawn-challenge-winners\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">latest<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/08\/mozilla-information-trust-initiative-building-movement-fight-misinformation-online\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mozilla Information Trust Initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For as long as the internet\u2019s been around, we\u2019ve talked about it in terms of connection. We connect to the internet, to wifi, to people half or all the way around the world, to what\u2019s possible. And we tailor the web around us to listen and respond. How we search, what we\u2019re shown, and who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1521,"featured_media":20734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3 ways to break out of your social media bubble<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From how we search to who we follow, social media filters can create bubbles and bias. 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