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> It's engineered to match your preference. No, these things are literally engineered to maximize engagement. Preferences are complicated, and we often actuall
by gbrown 6y ago
> It's engineered to match your preference.
No, these things are literally engineered to maximize engagement. Preferences are complicated, and we often actually prefer to consume less content... or at least would prefer to prefer to do so. Apps don’t measure that, they see eyeballs and maximize.
- ehsankia 6y ago> literally engineered to maximize engagement Both can be true though. Personally I only engage with educational and non-low effort content, and that's what the algorithm feeds me. By definition, my engagement comes from non-low effort content, so to claim that TikTok pushes for low effort content is just plain false.