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I'm curious how bad the misinformation type stuff will be. It's bad everywhere, but I found TikTok to be the absolute worst. Not even just fake news political

by duxup 1y ago

I'm curious how bad the misinformation type stuff will be. It's bad everywhere, but I found TikTok to be the absolute worst. Not even just fake news political stuff where I can guess the motivation (still bad), but just basic everyday tips and tricks, local users describing news events. I've found it to be so much worse on tiktok. Other platforms there seems to be "more" intent by creators to provide somewhat consistent / factual content. Tiktok often feels to me like content accuracy / quality isn't a concern for most creators.

quickthrowman 1y ago
Short form video is basically worthless outside of comedy and cute animal videos. The format does not allow enough information to determine whether the information provided is accurate or not, for videos that have facts in them. Every time I watch a short form video I feel an overwhelming urge not to trust what I saw and verify it elsewhere, now I just don’t want short form videos at all.
- vkou 1y ago
  The modern propaganda machine does not run on meaningful facts, nor does it give a shit about not being able to convince you. It cares about convincing people in general.
- emddudley 1y ago
  Short form video is tailored for the fast, instinctive, emotional brain. Not the slower, deliberative, logical brain.
Workaccount2 1y ago
I don't know about tik-tok, but Instagram is totally unhinged. Boobs, butts, gambling, brain rot, watchbait/ragebait, all that stuff. YouTube shorts gets all the hate, but I find the content to consistently be the most sophisticated? PG rated? educational?
- duxup 1y ago
  I agree, YouTube shorts tends to be noticeably better.
- jghn 1y ago
  > Boobs, butts, gambling, brain rot, watchbait/ragebait, all that stuf I don't understand how other people have this experience and I don't. I see targeted ads of course. And every once in a while it starts showing me content for things I don't follow, at which point I start mashing the button they provide to make it go away, and after a handful it pops up something asking if I want to remove all suggested content for a while. I always select yes. Do other people actually *want* suggested comment? that's bizarre.
  - asdff 1y ago
    Most people aren't actively curating their feed like this. They see an attractive person, eyes wander for a few seconds longer than the usual post before scrolling away, and that is enough.
    - jghn 1y ago
      But I'd at least think that anyone who is complaining about what content they're seeing, the algorithm, etc knows enough to do this too. Especially on a site like ths. Instead online discourse often revolves around this being an impossible task. Meanwhile on all the social media sites I use I have managed to keep algorithmic content to a minimum.
      - asdff 1y ago
        What social media sites do you use where you've been successful at avoiding the algorithm? I don't see how it can be avoided. It is always trained in some way based on your estimated demography and what content you engage with slightly more than others.
        jghn 1y ago

by duxup 1y ago

quickthrowman 1y ago

Short form video is basically worthless outside of comedy and cute animal videos. The format does not allow enough information to determine whether the information provided is accurate or not, for videos that have facts in them. Every time I watch a short form video I feel an overwhelming urge not to trust what I saw and verify it elsewhere, now I just don’t want short form videos at all.

vkou 1y ago
The modern propaganda machine does not run on meaningful facts, nor does it give a shit about not being able to convince you. It cares about convincing people in general.
emddudley 1y ago
Short form video is tailored for the fast, instinctive, emotional brain. Not the slower, deliberative, logical brain.

Workaccount2 1y ago

I don't know about tik-tok, but Instagram is totally unhinged. Boobs, butts, gambling, brain rot, watchbait/ragebait, all that stuff. YouTube shorts gets all the hate, but I find the content to consistently be the most sophisticated? PG rated? educational?

duxup 1y ago
I agree, YouTube shorts tends to be noticeably better.
jghn 1y ago
> Boobs, butts, gambling, brain rot, watchbait/ragebait, all that stuf I don't understand how other people have this experience and I don't. I see targeted ads of course. And every once in a while it starts showing me content for things I don't follow, at which point I start mashing the button they provide to make it go away, and after a handful it pops up something asking if I want to remove all suggested content for a while. I always select yes. Do other people actually *want* suggested comment? that's bizarre.
- asdff 1y ago
  Most people aren't actively curating their feed like this. They see an attractive person, eyes wander for a few seconds longer than the usual post before scrolling away, and that is enough.
  - jghn 1y ago
    But I'd at least think that anyone who is complaining about what content they're seeing, the algorithm, etc knows enough to do this too. Especially on a site like ths. Instead online discourse often revolves around this being an impossible task. Meanwhile on all the social media sites I use I have managed to keep algorithmic content to a minimum.
    - asdff 1y ago
      What social media sites do you use where you've been successful at avoiding the algorithm? I don't see how it can be avoided. It is always trained in some way based on your estimated demography and what content you engage with slightly more than others.
      - jghn 1y ago