Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera...
by ehsankia on Saturday August 01, 2020 @07:57PM
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> literally engineered to maximize engagement
Both can be true though. Personally I only engage with educational and non-low effort content, and that's what the algorithm feeds me. By definition, my engagement comes from non-low effort content, so to claim that TikTok pushes for low effort content is just plain false.
No, these things are literally engineered to maximize engagement. Preferences are complicated, and we often actually prefer to consume less content... or at least would prefer to prefer to do so. Apps don’t measure that, they see eyeballs and maximize.