TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday

Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by LinXitoW on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @05:40PM (#42718172)

My cynical take is that a lot of the people for whom the tiktok algorithm "didn't work" simply weren't pleased by what the algorithm (correctly) thought of them. It's like the 40 year old truck driver that complains it's just hot girls dancing. No, my dude, you just ALWAYS stay to watch the girls dance, you just don't want to admit it.

In general, it "just works" after a short period of maybe searching for specific terms just to "seed" the algorithm.

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by scarecrowbob on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @09:06PM (#42720113)

I don't think that's cynical, necessarily.

But if you're used to your media telling you who to be instead of having media be responsive to who you are, it might feel very disconcerting.

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by dml2135 on Thursday January 16, 2025 @11:42AM (#42727620)

Or maybe it's precisely because one will just watch hot girls dance if given the opportunity, that one would not want a social media feed that caters to your most base desires.

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