TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm–It’s Your Phone

Re:TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm–It’s Your Phone by probably_wrong on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:50AM (#33529701)

I'm sorry to say that your comment is the type of comment I'd typically downvote, but there's something about it that I think is worth discussing.

The user is complaining that he cannot get rid of the half-naked young girls dancing no matter how hard he tries. And yet, your reply is to accuse them of it being somehow their fault? If this is not Thoughtcrime, I don't know what it is.

For the record, I have heard his complaint before. I assume it's the default algorithm response when it can't figure you out.

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Re:TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm–It’s Your Phone by walls on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @12:21PM (#33534791)

It's very easy to not get these on TikTok by simply skipping past them a few times.

It's also very easy for them to become your whole feed if you happen to watch all of them.

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Re:TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm–It’s Your Phone by mnsc on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:24PM (#33536587)

I don't think I was saying that it was their fault, I'm just saying that _if_ tiktok eg analyses something subtle, like how hesitantly the user is swiping away a video, the algorithm might expose the subconscious desire to look at scantily clad ladies.

Edit: I have absolutely no insight on what metrics are being used, I'm just making it up.

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