tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1977620288850276362..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Social Media and PoliticsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-60677886292975101992012-03-15T10:44:54.489-04:002012-03-15T10:44:54.489-04:00I never "unfriend" anyone, but there are...I never "unfriend" anyone, but there are posts I don't bother to read.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-70989240445908754362012-03-15T10:44:20.238-04:002012-03-15T10:44:20.238-04:00I never "unfriend" anyone, but there are...I never "unfriend" anyone, but there are posts I don't bother to read.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-38889154425711459582012-03-15T05:13:37.058-04:002012-03-15T05:13:37.058-04:00Of note, this survey appears to have been done rec...Of note, this survey appears to have been done recently. I'm wondering if that accounts for the discrepancy between conservatives getting blocked more than liberals. It seems during a year when the Republican primary is the big thing going that Republicans actually might be more annoying until they decide and then things will even out. <br /><br />I'd just be curious to see the ebb and flow of blocking/hiding/unfriending and if it correlates to who's dominating the news, or if liberals just have a harder time seeing dissenting opinions show up. <br /><br />I've currently done well at deleting people until I only have people I consider actual friends left, so most stuff they post is at least moderately interesting to me.bs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-23301455237903716352012-03-15T03:19:05.862-04:002012-03-15T03:19:05.862-04:00I've only 'unfriended' one person on F...I've only 'unfriended' one person on Facebook -- my sister. <br /><br />And that was entirely about politics.<br /><br />I love my sister and we still talk on the phone, email occasionally, and she's slowly recovering from her immersion into progressive politics. <br /><br />Liberals can be reasonable, progressives cannot.Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-28958450946541028472012-03-14T20:40:15.439-04:002012-03-14T20:40:15.439-04:00On those occasions when I read Facebook I'm so...On those occasions when I read Facebook I'm sometimes led to wonder whether the vast proportion of political posts is a sign of what they build their lives around, or if it is a sort of heartbeat signal--"I'm still here and I'm still in the tribe."<br /><br />Sort of like Lewis' Pilgrim's Regress: "In Eschropolis, indeed, it is impossible <i>(to be in doubt)</i>, for the people who live there have to give an opinion once a week or once a day, or else Mr. Mammon would soon cut off their food."<br /><br />And if the heartbeat signal from the sensor drops out, an alarm goes up...jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com