Lions, Tigers, Echo Chambers, and Imposters, OH MY!

For those unaware, yesterday Donald Trump's social media network "Truth Social" launched for iOS, with the Android app scheduled to come out, well, someday.  The launch of the social network has been met with expected reactions - conservatives celebrating its launch while liberals condemn it. Meanwhile, moderates like myself sit back and cringe, wondering how we got here in the first place.

Dissent, discourse, disagreements, and compromises are good for all of society. Originally social media was a free flowing, politically neutral environment where political discourse was welcome, and occasionally tempers flared. Unfortunately, in recent years, social media has become fragmented. Social media networks started removing political content, often leaning towards one side of the political spectrum or the other based upon the company's values.