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I just saw on an investigative TV program that the TikTok in China has different algorithms for their domestic version. In that version, it limits screen-time f

I just saw on an investigative TV program that the TikTok in China has different algorithms for their domestic version. In that version, it limits screen-time for children under 14 by default and recommends educational content. The export version has screen-time controls but most people use defaults. When children in China are asked what they want to be, #1 is astronaut. In the US it's social media influencer. Play that thought experiment a couple generations.

filoleg 4y ago
> When children in China are asked what they want to be, #1 is astronaut. In the US it's social media influencer. Play that thought experiment a couple generations. Pretty sure that in the Soviet Union (and early Russia), the answer was also "astrounaut". At least it felt that way, when I was growing up there, and it certainly was the answer for me. Didn't end up leading them that far though. So I am not much worried about that "astrounaut" answer in China today being much of an indicator of anything meaningful either.
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