Will the Fediverse create an even bigger gap between political views?
As the title suggests, now that more people are moving from Reddit, Twitter, Facebook and whatnot towards platforms on Fediverse and Bluesky, will that not create an even bigger split between political views? Most people who are not afraid of big tech and its influence will probably stay there.
We were already not always able to communicate and discuss certain topics as normal human beings, but now we probably won't even see each other's posts.
I think it has less to do with the tech itself and more to do with the fact that people are becoming more insolation from non-bias confirmation due to the proliferation of social media in general. It used to be that you had to reconcile you're own beliefs and actions against those you lived and worked with so that you could live productively. Now, you can get validation for anything after a few button presses. This makes people less tolerant overall, as well as giving them echo chambers to reinforce whatever they want.