THE PROBLEM
- Social Media is Really successful at bringing people together who have similar ideas and it’s a Human nature to Have the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values , Consider it as our Brain’s default settings . Which introduce us to the problem of Confirmation Bias and it’s something so prevalent on social media with a feedback loop that strengthen polarization and the divisions in our society.
- it’s Very Challenging for someone to Break out of the Social Media Echo Chamber
- The lacks of a Tool to manage the Confirmation bias impact
OUR SOLUTION
The Bot Breaks this feedback loop, users are offered an exciting and curiosity-inspiring experience to adventure through alternatives viewpoints. This solution breaks down barriers between ideological silos and contributes to a more #HealthyConversation by Providing a holistic view of a particular story from different publishers/news sources.
HOW TO USE @UNECHOTHIS
FIRST STEP : Twitter User Tweets @UnEchoThis replying to the original News / article tweet SECOND STEP : The Twitter Bot DMs Full coverage of the story from multiple prestige publications across the political spectrum providing holistic view of this particular story
ARCHITECTURE
BACKEND : PYTHON , JAVASCRIPT APIs : Twitter API , News API
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Helping to improve the health of the platform that we all use and promoting #HealthyConversations
What's next for @UnEchoThis
We think of UnEchoThis as a bot with the potential to be turned into an actual twitter app feature
FIRST STAGE : Idea Generation And Qualitative Research
Initial showcase and Prototype Development
SECOND STAGE : Launching , Marketing
and Enhancements
THIRD STAGE : Infusion and Commercialization
And Enhancements
Special Thanks to
Twitter Team for making this possible #LoveTwitter #HealthyConversations
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