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Fixing Broken Politics - Social Media - Extra Politics (Patreon)

Published:
2020-10-11 19:07:53
Imported:
2026-06

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Social media is capable of a lot of good but also a lot of hmmmmmm.... trash. How can we stop it from being a chamber of a 1000 bots screaming at 1000 other bots?

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Fixing Broken Politics - Social Media - Extra Politics

Welcome to the return of Extra Politics! We'll be examining different problems in our political systems for the next 4 weeks, right up until the election. We're using the lens of game design to understand how our political systems are constructed, how certain mechanics interact, and what patch notes might be helpful for the future. First up: social media. We all know that misinformation is rampant online but how does that impact our democracy? What can we do to try and fix bot farms? Is there any way to start valuing more valid sources of information over things that get clicks like fear and outrage? If you're a citizen of the US and are over 18, VOTE - https://www.vote.org/ Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram Subscribe to Extra Credits for more episodes every Wednesday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Get info about all our shows at http://becausegamesmatter.com ___________ Get your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: https://becausegamesmatter.com/extra-credits-community-code-of-conduct Contribute community subtitles to Extra Credits: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Watch us play games and have fun on http://bit.ly/ECtwitch Listen to our podcast: http://becausegamesmatter.com/podcast Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/ECisonInstagram Follow us on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/EConTumblr

Comments

Adam Fairris

There is also the obvious answer. Publicly, loudly and embarrassingly investigate Facebook the company and Mr Zuckerberg the individual for their role in genocides in Myanmar and Ethiopia. I’d say a fine of... $1mil to each direct family member of a victim as a starting number would work. I would bet my hat, that once Marky Z and the gang realise there are consequences for their profit-first, safety-third policies, and these consequences are more expensive than fixing things, they’ll fix things.

Sientir

Love the Trogdor. :D

Justin Wells

There is also another very scary problem of those that are considered to be "Outside the Norm" on certain issues. Iraq having weapons of mass destruction was seen as "True" by the majority of major news networks but was completely false, and many were castigated and chastised for not being for the war. Anyone who is not already in the center has to fear being removed entirely by this system, one which already has a LOT of corruption already in it. That said creating a "tax" on those with multiple accounts could potentially work, and I would like to see a more detailed plan, that would help slow the influence of bot farms, but it would have to be an exponential leap in cost after just a few to make it even possible. Those with money consider it an investment for things that make them more money, a simple "cost of doing business" and we can't forget that.

Edmund Morris

The idea of finding a threshold at which to regulate media accounts might actually be a thing that could gain traction with state level legislators. There would probably also need to be a carve out for public figures, as well - the mayor of small town, anywhere, pop. 15,000 should still be fact-checked, but isn't likely to have enough followers to shape regional discourse - but it's certainly worth shopping around.

Smiling Walrus

There doesn't need to be an apolyptical war against the machines like in the Matrix or Terminator. 🤷🏼‍♂️ They just need to wait after we tore ourselves apart while they just excactly did as they were told. 😅

Alex McLaren

Love how the Articles of confederation theme is the music for this, I love that song.