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TikTok is a bad example. Claiming it's promoting "diverse content" is somehow rather funny. * https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/03/tiktok-owns-up
by Avamander 6y ago
TikTok is a bad example. Claiming it's promoting "diverse content" is somehow rather funny.
* https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/03/tiktok-owns-up-to-censoring-some-users-videos-to-stop-bullying https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/dec/03/tiktok-ow...
* https://www.altpress.com/news/tiktok-censorship-black-lives-matter-george-floyd-hashtags-error/ https://www.altpress.com/news/tiktok-censorship-black-lives-...
* https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/26/tiktoks-local-moderation-guidelines-ban-pro-lgbt-content https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/26/tiktoks-l...
- bigpumpkin 6y agoTikTok may only allow 90% of videos, but its algorithm is biased toward exploration of random subjects. Youtube may allow 99.9%, but its algorithm is biased toward what the user has recently watched.
- Avamander 6y agoI find diversity of opportunity more important than diversity of outcome and think of the first as actual diversity.
- throwayws 6y agoI mean topics different from the usual exact matches. I had only that word in mind. Sorry for the confusion, I fixed it. I didn't know about this though. Thanks for mentioning it.