Saturday, Oct. 18: Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.

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CIVILITY DISAPPEARING Article content

When you write a letter to a newspaper, you have to identify yourself and the editor controls what they publish. Article content Article content

On most social media, there are no such controls and anonymity makes people behave in ways they would never behave in person. As a result, society is becoming impolite and polarized.

Making matters worse are the algorithms in social media that reward outrageous posts while discouraging moderation and consensus. AI contributions will only make this animosity worse because it has no decency or soul.

Society needs to reward moderation and consensus before radical groups, on both sides of the spectrum, turn into violen

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