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The way I see it is that TikTok is basically a psyops app. We can argue all day whether it is controlled by the Chinese government, by advertisers, by both, whe
by zwkrt 4y ago
The way I see it is that TikTok is basically a psyops app. We can argue all day whether it is controlled by the Chinese government, by advertisers, by both, whether it is intentional, what its purpose is, etc. But anything that is free and funded by ads is at the end of the day trying to sway the mind and behavior of its users, that is the name of the game.
So to answer your question, it doesn't /do/ anything that other apps don't. But what it does it does rather effectively, and it isn't controlled by a company that is ultimately beholden to the US government. So from the gov's perspective, TikTok somewhere between a nuisance and a threat to national security.
- loudmax 4y ago> it isn't controlled by a company that is ultimately beholden to the US government. The issue isn't so much that TikTok isn't beholden to the US government. The issue is that TikTok is beholden to the Chinese Communist Party. If TikTok were Japanese or Korean or something, this wouldn't be a problem.
- honkler 4y agoremember toyota? Remember what happened to alstom?
- gadflyinyoureye 4y agoNo. What happened?
- unethical_ban 4y ago>So to answer your question, it doesn't /do/ anything that other apps don't. I was under the impression it did quite a lot of spyware behavior that is rivaled by few if any apps on the store.
- julienb_sea 4y agoThat's kind of the value add. TikTok's recommendation system is miles ahead, I mean incomparably better than any social media competitors. This is largely responsible for its market growth and staying power, but ultimately it relies on extraordinarily in-depth understanding of user behavior.