With so many people sharing their political opinions before and after 2016 elections, it is important to remember that the information you see on Facebook and Twitter (as well as information in your search results on Google and Bing) is curated by algorithms. This is to say: social networks and search engines usually function as “echo chambers” by providing carefully curated information that reiterates our world-view.
The Wall Street Journal’s “Blue Feed, Red Feed” does a great job to illustrate how Facebook feeds will look based upon the site’s perception of your political views. This is why, as the WSJ points out, “Facebook encourages users to ‘keep an open mind’ by seeking out posts that don’t appear in their feeds.”
