Re:Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
by boomboomsubban on Monday November 13, 2023 @11:37PM
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Anecdotally, almost every teen I've ever known has thought they were well informed while actually misinformed. For every one that could fix a car, there'd be five who knew how to change oil and ten who maybe knew how to add more oil. All of them (us) thought they were well informed. I don't think TikTok is behind this.
Re:Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
by xyst on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:56AM
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the amount of misinformation is insanely high on TT. From “news” to even specific trades (ie, construction, cooking, DIY).
I have had to carefully engage with only topics I am interested in else I get flooded with bs vids (ie, thots, “alternative medicine”, far right content, joe rogan, …)
For what it’s worth though, the content moderation is slightly better than other platforms. When I report dangerous videos (literally a person tailgating/road raging), the videos get removed pretty fast.
Not a half bad “status report” system either.
This is very much not limited to social and political issues but can be about physical matters like home repairs, how cars work / how to fix them, etc.