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The real divide in America is between political junkies and everyone else

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    skybrian
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    Something you can do personally on places like Facebook is look at your profile every so often, count how many posts are political, and think about if that's how you want people to see you. I try...

    How can politics better match the opinions of a majority of Americans?

    Something you can do personally on places like Facebook is look at your profile every so often, count how many posts are political, and think about if that's how you want people to see you. I try to keep the percentage of political posts very low, like <10%.

    (I'm less restrained when it comes to commenting on posts, but I think it's a bad habit.)

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      NaraVara
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      I think, among my generation, Facebook is basically dead as a place for discourse. All the posts on my timeline from close people are either people making announcements about events in their lives...

      I think, among my generation, Facebook is basically dead as a place for discourse. All the posts on my timeline from close people are either people making announcements about events in their lives or shilling some kind of MLM scheme like Herbalife or Beachbody.

      The only earnest posts I see come from people I knew in high school who still live in my hometown. Their posts have a fair bit of political content to them, but I get the strong impression it’s all aimed pretty squarely at their parents or aunts and uncles.

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      1. skybrian
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        Everyone gets a different view of Facebook depending on who is in their friends list. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a generational thing, but also wouldn't be surprised if there are big...

        Everyone gets a different view of Facebook depending on who is in their friends list. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a generational thing, but also wouldn't be surprised if there are big differences within a generation.

        It seems like the people who are 90-100% political on Facebook are older than me, though, and are mostly just resharing memes like crazy without any idea how it makes them look. I've had to unfollow some.

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