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Re:TikTok Told Moderators to Suppress Posts by “Ugly” People... by boomboomsubban on Monday March 16, 2020 @01:55AM (#22590381)
A better analog is television, where such practices are completely ingrained in the system. This is also broadly true of their guidelines on political and sexual content as well, making it seem like TikTok was trying to become something like CBS.
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Re:TikTok Told Moderators to Suppress Posts by “Ugly” People... by rasz on Monday March 16, 2020 @04:29AM (#22590973)
Not sure about that. Rednecks, hoarders, botched plastic surgery, fat people failing to lose weight, popping pimples and abscess. This is pretty much 1/3 of Discovery Channel lineup. Rest is pseudo history, alien abductions and gun shows.
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Re:TikTok Told Moderators to Suppress Posts by “Ugly” People... by pas on Monday March 16, 2020 @05:01AM (#22591128)
Do you think poor or "ugly" people think being a star of a freak show is the highest form of entertainment they ought to participate in?
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Re:TikTok Told Moderators to Suppress Posts by “Ugly” People... by boomboomsubban on Monday March 16, 2020 @09:11AM (#22592338)
All those people are on TikTok too, they just aren't broadcast to every phone. Buying extra channels would be like searching on other sites for TikTok videos.
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