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War as seen on TikTok: Ukraine clips get views whether true or not

• beardyw 5y ago
  Supports my theory that Putin just decided the West is going to hell in a handcart, so why not?
• sofixa 5y ago
  > A quarter of US adults say they always use TikTok to get the news, with nearly half of US millennial and Gen Z adults – under-41s and under-25s respectively – indicating the same, according to analysis firm Forrester Research. I find this shocking. Is there a worse way to get news? Maybe RT or OANN.
  • moltke 5y ago
    Which one is a worse place to go for news: 4chan.org/pol (don't go there if you haven't been before) or cnn.com? Personally I'm not sure. The curation in tiktok sounds particularly disturbing though since it would just form a feedback loop with whatever the algorithm decides you're "most interested in."
• WaxedChewbacca 5y ago
  Speaking of getting views whether true or not, here's the Guardian getting money for spreading misinformation: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/25/ukraine-soldiers-told-russians-to-go-fuck-yourself-before-black-sea-island-death https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/25/ukraine-soldie... They go on to say "The truth, they say, is the first casualty of war," and to ask for money, in that very article. No matter how many times this happens, the Guardian will never get blacklisted on HN as a purveyor of fake news.
  • sofixa 5y ago
    I vouched for your dead comment because it's just... terrible. This article cites Ukrainian military sources and says "reportedly". It's a war, they can't verify much on the ground, so they report what official sources are saying. What do you want them to do? Ignore the whole war?
    • WaxedChewbacca 5y ago