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A comment on The Secret Sauce of Tik-Tok’s Recommendations. Parent comment

Re:The Secret Sauce of Tik-Tok’s Recommendations by Phrenzy on Friday February 17, 2023 @01:34PM (#34838519)
Emotions garner attachment. Negative emotions even more so.
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Re:The Secret Sauce of Tik-Tok’s Recommendations by rootusrootus on Friday February 17, 2023 @08:07PM (#34842776)
I guess that makes sense. Just following the user's preference gets only positive content, which is great, but carefully steering them to something darker is even better.
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