That would be like firing the current women coming forward against Governor Cuomo and leaving the governor alone to continue his ways, to put it in a current headline context.
That would make things non-confrontational, but that's kind of what people like about TikTok, most other social media have become super confrontational, you can't avoid seeing things you disagree with and it seems everyone is just fighting all the time, reacting to all the things they disagree with.
If it looks like something is going viral in a negative way and the system automatically limits the spread, that seems pretty thoughtful, if it’s done right. It makes social media safer and hopefully more predictable than what we have now.
I think the poster should be made aware of this and override it if they choose, though.
Actually, maybe all viral posts should be limited in this way until you opt in to viral spread.
At the same time though, I feel like this seems like the "least bad" possible solution. If a subset of accounts are only going viral because people want to bully them, it seems reasonable to limit that content's reach.