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I didn’t found TikTok addictive but rather utterly juvenile and amateurishly unsophisticated in recommendation algos. It kept inserting a lot of borderline soft
by sytelus 5y ago
I didn’t found TikTok addictive but rather utterly juvenile and amateurishly unsophisticated in recommendation algos. It kept inserting a lot of borderline soft-porn type content which I think keeps younger audience glued more than anything else. I would conclude that it doesn’t take a lot to create recommendation algos to grab attention of below 40 age group.
- wbear 5y agoIn my experience, you have to search for things you like for a few months to give TikTok the data it needs for recommendations.
- sytelus 5y agoThat’s not people below 40 say. They describe it as an instant drug.
- arvinsim 5y agoIt is scary how easy and willingly we just give up our privacy and data away. Truly the future is Brave New World, not 1984
- alar44 5y agoGet off it. Asking an app to serve you content isn't giving up privacy. Get some fucking perspective.
- seanw444 5y agoYes, it is kind of weird to say "social media exists = 1984" but I think they were meaning that it's worrying how many people use it without realizing they're basically doing the NSA's job for them.
- andrewzah 5y agoHow else would a recommendation algorithm work? I don’t see why it’s concerning that a company knows that I like to follow musicians, etc. What’s the alternative? Never finding new things because I refuse to divulge what niches or hobbies I like?
- Ekaros 5y agoYeah. It should be obvious that recommendations to work somehow you need to track what you like. Or other alternative is to just recommend the most popular mainstream thing at the moment... Which then get also attacked for various reasons.
- novok 5y agoI used it for a few days and I can't even really remember the soft porn. I got pretty quick into science, comedy and cute/stupid animal behaviors. I pretty much thought "I understand why people like this" and then quickly stopped using it. I think the fact you can't use it anonymously unlike youtube somewhat disturbed me and I stopped.
- amelius 5y ago> It kept inserting a lot of borderline soft-porn type content Is TikTok used equally by men (boys) and women (girls)?
- BurningFrog 5y agoIt catches on pretty fast to what you like.
- amelius 5y agoWhat is the feed like for women?