Politics in Social Media

I haven't become more politically active because of social, or through social media. Mostly, I just don't participate in politics through social media, because it always becomes messy and the people who end up arguing about, aren't able to articulate their opinions well and don't  usually understand what a polite discourse is. What I appreciate through social media on politics is the articles and ideas that aren't normally seen through regular news outlets. Some of these sites are not to be trusted, and a lot of these sights have an agenda, so we have to be careful, but it at least shows a perspective or ideas the regular news didn't talk about at all, or the news thinks isn't important or against the news organizations agenda.