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A comment on TikTok told moderators to suppress posts by “ugly” people and the poor. Parent comment

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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