TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people and the poor

Re:TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people... by scarmig on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @03:36AM (#22614432)

Implementation is different, but passes all the same test cases.

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Re:TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people... by mgraczyk on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @04:19AM (#22614633)

Instagram explore is actually pretty good at becoming personalized based on usage. Here's mine.

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Re:TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people... by Summershard on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @06:36AM (#22615190)

Maybe it works that way, because users prefer to follow pretty people.

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Re:TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people... by PunchTornado on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @09:20AM (#22616304)

the question is having an algorithm do that (suppresing ugly and therefore unpopular users/photo) is different than having a moderator do it?

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Re:TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people... by cvlasdkv on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @10:24AM (#22616968)

yes because it's a choice.

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Re:TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people... by lenkite on Thursday March 19, 2020 @07:49AM (#22626576)

No, it does not. View Cats on Instagram and you will see Cats on Instagram.

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