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Community bias

I call community bias when our narratives are reinforced by being in closed communities and ignoring others. This bias is visible for political opinions, TV channels, friends and family.

More liner

I call community bias when our narratives are reinforced by being in closed communities and ignoring others. This bias is visible for political opinions, TV channels, friends and family.

By only being around people with the same beliefs or vision, we start to believe that everyone thinks like us and what we think is right.

I had this happen to me with Brexit. I live in London, and before the Brexit referendum, by talking to people in my community, I was convinced that everyone in the UK was, like my community and me, wanting to stay in the EU.

The community bias is tightly connected with the visibility bias.