Why Social Media Ruins Elections
Why social media ruins elections? If you flip a coin 10 times the outcome might be 3/7 or 6/4. If you flip a coin 1,000,000,000 the outcome comes out dangerously 50/50. More intensity of data evens out the results. The problem social media creates is that it accurately gives you the winner of elections months before the results, because of the sheer number of active people. Donald Trump winning was clear to anyone who reads the comment sections. Brexit's vote to leave was clear to anyone who reads the comment sections. I understand bots are used. But in comments section human people create arguments and quick fire debates that lead to conclusions. These answers then get picked up by communities and spread like wild fire. A case made by say Ben Shapiro, Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson are going to be heard and passed into mainstream because they have high-quality insight. Social media can accurately tell you who's winning once the campaigns and policies are...
