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Episode 5: What happens when all the good people leave social media?

Episode 5: What happens when all the good people leave social media?

Into The Machine with Tobias Rose-Stockwell vor 8 Monaten

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What happens when the good people leave social
media?

Chloé Valdary walked away from 110,000 followers on social media.
Not a quiet, lurking exit — but a hard delete.Chloé was a force
of nature on Twitter. She built a huge following helping people
navigate some of the platform’s thorniest issues with grace and
empathy. While many cancelled and called out, Chloé dove
headfirst into the hardest conversations offering deep reflection
and a dose of savvy humanizing. From George Floyd to Gaza, she
was there, helping to deescalate.

Then she left.

In this episode, we unpack what it means when moderates like
Chloé leave the platforms that dominate our public conversation.

Who is left? Usually it’s the most polarized and extreme users,
who actively own the discourse after that point.

We talk a lot about social media as an Outrage Machine (and my
book — of the same title), the hidden incentives shaping our
behavior on these platforms, and the mental health cost of
constant moral performance.

* If a social platform is a toxic place, what are the obligations
we have to the public commons in staying there?

* Are big digital spaces like social media structurally incapable
of supporting prosocial conversations?

* Can we protect our mental health while still participating in
online political debate?

This conversation explores the trade-offs.

Chloé’s Substack: Musings with Chloé

Chloé’s work: Theory of Enchantment

A small ask:

The irony is not lost on me in trying to critique the algorithms
while still being dependent upon them to reach the right
audience.

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