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# Filter Your Email!

Did you know that you could filter your email on Outlook?!

## Here are the steps: 
-  Select setting and go to rules 
- Select add new rules and name it as you wish
- add a condition that has the email you want to receive messages from
- Add an action: “Move to” a “New folder” with your selected name
- Uncheck “Stop processing more rules” and check “Run rule now”; select save and dismiss the dialog.


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# Whats Behind "Filtering"...

Filtering emails is something I have recently learned; in a world filled with misinformation and fake news, this is a beneficial skill that we have to intake. Media manipulation and "fake news" will likely always exist in today's age. But with people learning the tips and tricks to "crap detect," there would be more reduced media misinformation. This is why you will likely come introduced with filter bubbles when you want to find information that will align with your thoughts and beliefs. A filter bubble is shown when your browser, whether on google, safari, or social media, will only seek information that aligns with only your ideas and values rather than expanding your knowledge to different perspectives. Living in a filter bubble that only shows views on what YOU value can lead to a lack of exposure to different viewpoints and constant support for only YOUR beliefs, which can create the spread of misinformation. 
![](https://i.imgur.com/do1AtyH.png)

We tend to look at the information that aligns with our perspective because it supports what we believe, and we need to remember the other views that others can provide. As stated by the article "How Filter Bubbles Distort Reality: Everything You Need to Know," "filter bubbles are distorting our ideas of the world" (Eli Pariser) when it comes to social, political, and even personal beliefs; the internet "has the ability to get you results of articles and posts that support our current opinions and perspectives to ensure that we enjoy what we see" (Eli Pariser). As easy as that, the internet can filter information and feed us what we want to hear! But the reality is that this type of filtering is closing our minds and making us believe that the information we believe in is the only one that matters. When in reality, we have to be open to different perspectives to avoid falling into the world of misinformation by the media. 
