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The algorithm simply shows you more of what people end up seeing and footages that otherwise would never be aired or shared on mainstream media and other US pla
by pkkkzip 2y ago
The algorithm simply shows you more of what people end up seeing and footages that otherwise would never be aired or shared on mainstream media and other US platforms (even X) is what is causing young minds to shift.
- alt227 2y agoI think you are misunderstanding the dangers of 'the algorithm'. It does not simply show you more in the same vein as what you have already watched, it is designed to provoke a reaction in you. To make you watch more content, or to post comments, engage in arguments and debates, all to keep you on the platform to make you watch more adverts. The way it does this is to not show you more of what you have already seen, it is to identify what gets you worked up, and to exploit that by showing you progressively more and more extreme content. It highlights more provocative comments to you that are more likely to make you post an emotional response and engage in a long intense debate that causes more clicks and posts, and feeds more of your emotion back into 'the algorithm'. This is a dangerous spiral which can easily turn somebody who might have a weak opinion on something, into a mouth frothing raged keyboard warrior. This is very powerful and dangerous, and it is purposely designed like this. Allowing the Chinese government to have this power over young US minds? Thats what this is all about.
- dagss 2y agoSo...have you first hand read and deployed the code? TikTok could be using blind algorithms as you hint at, but they could also bump content they wanted to. I am convinced that if China put their best minds to it they could use TikTok to sway any election the way they wanted. The data available to them about what reels swayed what people in what direction is immense.