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Can social media look more like a public park than a spaceship?

( Bebeto Matthews / AP Photo ) Summary Transcript Transcript MICAH LOEWINGER This is On the Media, I'm Micah Loewinger sitting in this week for Brooke Gladstone. We just heard Natalie Wynn compare Twitter to Paddy's. The pub from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Now let's try Facebook. Imagine it's a crowded bar. Almost everyone you know is there, but you can't seem to shake your conspiracy minded Aunt. The sound of arguments is overpowering. It's everywhere. But patrons are only kicked out after they've incited deadly brawls. If Facebook were a physical place, would you want to go there? Wh

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