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Re:TikTok and the Sorting Hat by dilap on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @11:11AM (#24050757)
I feel like this is overblown, because I see ugly and poor people in tiktok all the time (if doesn't matter if you're ugly or poor -- you can still make compelling content), and I occasionally see disabled people too.

Perhaps this is true for the very first content you see, but not true once the algo becomes personalized?

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Re:TikTok and the Sorting Hat by sandworm101 on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @11:18AM (#24050823)
It is overblown, and isn't unheard of in the west. Any Hollywood casting call involves a US corporation judging people according to attractiveness, hiring only the most beautiful, but in the realm of social media this has been deemed unacceptable corporate behavior. The split is a purely cultural phenomena.
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Re:TikTok and the Sorting Hat by greeniron on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @12:36PM (#24051668)
the entire TikTok India is filled with content from the lower caste. like, literally if you check out all the viral ones like the cringey indian joker, or the very popular one with the 2 really bad acting siblings, they were all shot in the slums.
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