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The episode discusses the paradox of community versus echo chambers, focusing on the concept of filter bubbles and echo chambers on social media platforms. It explains that these platforms use algorithms to show users content based on their search history and behavior, leading to limited information and validation of biases. The menosphere, an online community for men, is mentioned as an example of how echo chambers can reinforce radicalized and harmful ideas about masculinity. The episode also highlights the impact of these echo chambers on relationships, privacy concerns, and the importance of being aware of the content we consume. Hi, welcome, I'm Luzelambaina and I'll be your host for today's episode of Luzelambaina tonight. So we have a very interesting topic on our hands tonight, which is the paradox of community versus echo chambers. We will be looking into the Menothean echo chambers filter bubbles and how the idea of privacy and care features in all of this and how these ideas interact and intersect with one another. So firstly, let's look at what echo chambers and filter bubbles are. So basically, they are a theory that says social media companies like TikTok, Facebook and Google based the information and content shown to you on data required from your search history, past clicks behavior and your location, therefore, limiting the kind of information they show you. So this is basically saying that the more you interact with a post, the more they will show you content like that, the same to exit the post that talks about masculinity, and how men should be more and more of this. That's the type of content you will most likely see on your apps and on your phone. And that's what they will try to push because they see that you have an interest to it. So another thing another definition can be that echo chambers can also describe a one agenda or bias being validated by scenarios posted on social media, making people think what they see is a universal truth. But because they see so much of it online. So this is to say that once you see something regularly posted online, you start to believe that this is the truth and anything that is opposing, opposing that is false. You start to believe that this is a narrative. This is how things are. Because you see so much of it online, you consume so much of it online, you start to think that this is what it is, this is how the world is. And anything that plays on your emotions, especially negative ones, are most likely to trend and to go viral. This is where the menosphere comes in. And this is where I introduce it. So the menosphere is an online community of men, where they share with each other in advice, they help each other with self care and self help, both gym and whatever. But over the years, it has taken a very dark turn. And it has come to be a society where they share a radicalized, sorry about that, they share a hardcore masculinity ideas and opinions, which leads to men thinking that this is how the world is. And this is how everyone else is. They echo because they are lacking so much of this content. Many men start to believe that this is how everyone else thinks. This is how every other man, every other woman thinks, because of these, because of these menosphere and high value men that are playing on men's insecurity and vulnerability by saying that they're helping them by becoming more masculine men, more high value men, becoming men that can get whatever they want. And that patriarchy is basically good for men. This is as bad as it disconnects men from reality. It also disconnects men from society and the women in society. And this is where the paradox of community versus echo chambers come in. Because as much as these platforms seem to be giving men a community and giving men a safe space, in reality, they are further disconnecting them from real, real relationships. And there are chances of making genuine and long lasting relationships with women as everything they teach them is to make sure that their audience grows online and to make sure that they get more views. So this also plays into the care and privacy sector. When you log into these apps, they say that because they care about your interest, and they care about your privacy, they need you to give them certain things about yourself, where else they're going to sell those information, and they're going to sell your information and sell what you like the most and what you interact with the most amongst themselves, so that they can keep you on these apps. It's very important to be aware of the things that you like on these apps so that you are not consumed and over consumed by them. And that you start to pull away from reality and live in a world whereby you're consumed by content. And the content that you consume is the content that is limited, making you very narrow minded and making you very disconnected from reality as a whole. So it's very important to watch the content that we consume, and what we interact with, and that too much of anything is never good. The minute you see that the content you consume is based or surrounded around one specific topic, that is a sign that you should widen and spread out your echo chambers. Thank you for tuning in.