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> (Also, for whatever reason, I see a lot less angry shouting on TT, whereas twitter feels increasingly like the 2 minutes of hate from 1984) There is an oddly
by ev1 4y ago
> (Also, for whatever reason, I see a lot less angry shouting on TT, whereas twitter feels increasingly like the 2 minutes of hate from 1984)
There is an oddly specific reason for this: just about everything that might be controversial is likely filtered away into bubbles.
People will spell gay as gae, use accent marks and spaces, all sorts of things because not doing so will kill your upload pretty much. Tiktok will remove users from being featured if they look abnormal or ugly or low quality, afaik.
- cwkoss 4y agoHmm. I could see that being a contributing factor, but I'm hesitant to say it's a complete (or even majority) explanation of the difference. Also, not sure how attractiveness correlates to tone.
- lmm 4y agoEvery social network memoryholes certain kinds of controversy. TikTok's choices make for a more pleasant user experience for many users than Twitter's.
- cwkoss 4y agoI got a brief suspension on twitter recently for 'harassment' for calling a journalist stupid for analyzing something in a nonsensical way to defend the status quo. Mocking powerful people with bad takes was one of the highlights of the platform and they are taking that away because they are too afraid of losing the bluechecks to another platform (which, to be fair, is probably an existential risk for them in their current state).
- snehk 4y agoThe hashtag gay is hugely popular. Using the search shows that videos using the hashtag have gotten 159 billion views.