https://soberboots.org/tags/echo-chamber/Recent content in Echo Chamber on Walking in Sober Bootshttps://soberboots.org/soberboots/assets/uploads/2023/07/img_1290.jpghttps://soberboots.org/soberboots/assets/uploads/2023/07/img_1290.jpgHugoenSat, 12 Nov 2016 11:20:31 -0500https://soberboots.org/2016/11/12/theres-only-one-way-to-silence-the-echo-chamber/Sat, 12 Nov 2016 11:20:31 -0500https://soberboots.org/2016/11/12/theres-only-one-way-to-silence-the-echo-chamber/<p>Much has been written about how social media, and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/07/14/confirmed-echo-chambers-exist-on-social-media-but-what-can-we-do-about-them/">Facebook</a> in particular has contributed to the echo <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/07/24/486941582/the-reason-your-feed-became-an-echo-chamber-and-what-to-do-about-it">chamber effect</a>. I’m not going to write about that. I’ve experienced it, and you probably have as well.</p> <p>What hasn’t gotten as much attention is how this echo chamber is affecting our mental health — at least, I haven’t seen much about it — perhaps because my particular echo chamber is <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/07/24/486941582/the-reason-your-feed-became-an-echo-chamber-and-what-to-do-about-it">uniquely curated by an algorithm to me</a>.</p>