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   Bruce Sterling @bruces (bruces@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2026 18:22:52 JST Bruce Sterling @bruces

   *If that's true, then how come social media is also "polarizing" and "fragmenting"

   *Also, why is there Mastodon

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     🔏 Matthias Wiesmann (thias@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2026 20:07:54 JST 🔏 Matthias Wiesmann

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     @bruces Well, for polarisation, you need one homogeneous faction, once it is radical enough, everything else will be the other faction.
     Fragmentation is only possible if the middle ground is empty, when there is no bridge…

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     Steinar Bang (steinarb@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Mar-2026 20:14:15 JST Steinar Bang

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     "viral" for me, is if more than 10 people have liked one of my pixelfed posts.

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     West Lawns⚡️ (westlawns@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Mar-2026 02:44:02 JST West Lawns⚡️

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     @bruces hmm...

     Is there a heterogenising too?