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I'm not handsome enough to be an actor, but I know more about finance than most of these influencers, and most HN'ers could also acquire such knowledge. So what

I'm not handsome enough to be an actor, but I know more about finance than most of these influencers, and most HN'ers could also acquire such knowledge. So what is the barrier to entry?

Rebelgecko 5y ago
IIRC TikTok's algorithm penalizes potential influencers that aren't in the top x percentile of physical attractiveness. If you're below that threshold you're at a disadvantage.
- donkey-hotei 5y ago
  Is that true? Is there a source to back this claim up?
  - Rebelgecko 5y ago
    Guidelines for how human raters manually deranked people that looked old, overweight, facially asymmetric, scarred, physically disabled, impoverished, etc: https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-users-discrimination/ https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-us... For automatic promoting/demoting of users based on their attractiveness, Tiktok probably uses something like SCUT-FBP5500 but because it's part of their proprietary secret sauce this hasn't been confirmed.
  - rvz 5y ago
    It is true and it was admitted by them, according to the TikTok leaks [0] and insiders. [1]. [0] https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-users-discrimination/ https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-us... [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/tiktok-insiders-say-chinese-parent-bytedance-in-control.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/tiktok-insiders-say-chinese-...
naveen99 5y ago
Team up with one who is.