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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by martythemaniak on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @01:13PM (#42714779)
You're both right! There was a good article/discussion on on this yesterday, but tldr: They are authentically fake! As in, the creators are not putting up a show with a 'real' person behind the persona, the algorithms have remade whatever person there use to be such that their 'authentic' self has become the persona.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42696691

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by j_bum on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @02:15PM (#42715622)
Interpellation [0]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpellation_(philosophy)

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by niobe on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @05:47PM (#42718250)
Go outside, everyone's real .. at least for the time being!
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by fullshark on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @06:54PM (#42718979)
They are boring though
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by recursive on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:18PM (#42720671)
Only seems that way until you come down off the hyperstimulation.
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