Honestly, I am not sure how we can deal with that “enemy” thing, As of now, distancing from the online communities is one of the few measures one can take. But even on that I am not sure how much it works.
What you’re describing is exactly how these echo chambers naturally form.
You’ll have a group of active people that share a set of beliefs and anybody who doesn’t share all of those beliefs is treated as an enemy and bullied. Name calling, downvote brigading, strawmanning their position, etc. until that person leaves and the community is just a bit more of an echo chamber.
This happens in video game communities and in social justice communities. One thing that everyone has in common is that as soon as someone is identified as an enemy then there is little that you can do to them that is immoral.
Honestly, I am not sure how we can deal with that “enemy” thing, As of now, distancing from the online communities is one of the few measures one can take. But even on that I am not sure how much it works.
What you’re describing is exactly how these echo chambers naturally form.
You’ll have a group of active people that share a set of beliefs and anybody who doesn’t share all of those beliefs is treated as an enemy and bullied. Name calling, downvote brigading, strawmanning their position, etc. until that person leaves and the community is just a bit more of an echo chamber.
This happens in video game communities and in social justice communities. One thing that everyone has in common is that as soon as someone is identified as an enemy then there is little that you can do to them that is immoral.