Some naively said that it was 'The best thing to have happened to the Internet.' [0] This is an example of a user under the spell of the glorified algorithm that dictates what is seen and unseen.

So given that this [1] is the general capability of what the algorithm can do, it looks like that it is the largest and the most dystopian controlled experiment of the 21st century. Even worse than Facebook.

We have hit a new nadir on screwing with 'users' with this new digital crack / cocaine invention that Bytedance has created.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28135484

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28151067