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Re:Evaluation of TikTok vs. Instagram Reels by biotinker on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:58AM (#32686763)
The problem with asking "actual users" in this way, is that it fundamentally ties the user's pre-existing conception of these apps to their responses. If a user had been served the same content on Reels that they were on TikTok, it's difficult to see them having the same reaction.
Re:Evaluation of TikTok vs. Instagram Reels by stainforth on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:12AM (#32686837)
An actual scientific experiment would have like recently fallen away Amish teens compare these apps having never used them.
Re:Evaluation of TikTok vs. Instagram Reels by permo-w on Friday September 02, 2022 @04:55AM (#32688369)
or present them with the videos through some kind of neutral UI

the UI itself can be tested separately

Re:Evaluation of TikTok vs. Instagram Reels by thematrixturtle on Friday September 02, 2022 @01:08AM (#32686812)
But they weren't? You can't just discount Reels having worse content.