Cecil the Lion and The Facebook Outrage Machine

[gwendally]

I recently heard that 40% of people only get their news from Facebook feeds.  (I'm not quickly finding the cite/site for this, but here's Pew Research from 2013 saying a similar thing: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/10/16/12-trends- ( Read more... )

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[solar_diablo]

The phenomenon is part of the reason I've begun a slow migration back to the pastoral fields of LJ. Slower pace, less partisan frothing of the mouth, more measured and thoughtful exchanges than Facebook.