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Re:TikTok is scary good. It's digital crack by andrewzah on Sunday March 27, 2022 @05:08AM (#30818851)
How else would a recommendation algorithm work? I don’t see why it’s concerning that a company knows that I like to follow musicians, etc.

What’s the alternative? Never finding new things because I refuse to divulge what niches or hobbies I like?

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Re:TikTok is scary good. It's digital crack by Ekaros on Sunday March 27, 2022 @10:44AM (#30820609)
Yeah. It should be obvious that recommendations to work somehow you need to track what you like. Or other alternative is to just recommend the most popular mainstream thing at the moment... Which then get also attacked for various reasons.
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