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Also at https://archive.is/2Qnhn https://archive.is/2Qnhn. Maybe it's still in the "honeymoon" phase in the west, but I'm surprised TikTok hasn't attracted mor

Also at https://archive.is/2Qnhn https://archive.is/2Qnhn. Maybe it's still in the "honeymoon" phase in the west, but I'm surprised TikTok hasn't attracted more, uh, Twitter opprobrium over stuff like this: > The Intercept published internal documents from TikTok instructing moderators to limit content showing users who were “obese” or with an “abnormal body shape,” who had “ugly facial looks,” and who appeared in front of “shabby and dilapidated” environments. TikTok’s response was that some of the guidelines were initially intended to prevent bullying but were no longer in use when The Intercept published them. The documents, according to The Intercept, made no mention of bullying.

BelenusMordred 6y ago
TikTok is in the business of giving people what they want. If you heard a TV or movie producer say "I don't hire fat people" would you really be in the slightest surprised or even angry? If every actor was replaced with plus sized, differently abled people what do you think would happen to their earnings? Would you really go watch those blockbusters now? Folks skirt around this uncomfortable truth anyway they can but it's a cold hard fact of human nature. In the end it's their platform, anyone is free to go make their own tiktok full of dilapidated houses if they want.
- croissants 6y ago
  I agree that TikTok is incentivized to select videos that people, for whatever reason, like. What I find strange is that there is a vocal group of people that ordinarily find this kind of story upsetting and produce public criticism, but I see a surprisingly small amount of it "in the wild" against TikTok. It's doubly surprising because a lot of those people seem to enjoy and use TikTok. Maybe the story just never got sufficient traction.
- pedrocr 6y ago
  That would seem like a great defense if it was the algorithm making a choice on what to promote. But they're apparently actively removing the content. There doesn't seem to be any reason for that in their model.

BelenusMordred 6y ago

TikTok is in the business of giving people what they want. If you heard a TV or movie producer say "I don't hire fat people" would you really be in the slightest surprised or even angry? If every actor was replaced with plus sized, differently abled people what do you think would happen to their earnings? Would you really go watch those blockbusters now? Folks skirt around this uncomfortable truth anyway they can but it's a cold hard fact of human nature. In the end it's their platform, anyone is free to go make their own tiktok full of dilapidated houses if they want.

croissants 6y ago
I agree that TikTok is incentivized to select videos that people, for whatever reason, like. What I find strange is that there is a vocal group of people that ordinarily find this kind of story upsetting and produce public criticism, but I see a surprisingly small amount of it "in the wild" against TikTok. It's doubly surprising because a lot of those people seem to enjoy and use TikTok. Maybe the story just never got sufficient traction.
pedrocr 6y ago
That would seem like a great defense if it was the algorithm making a choice on what to promote. But they're apparently actively removing the content. There doesn't seem to be any reason for that in their model.