TikTok's 'Addictive Design' Found to Be Illegal in Europe

Re:TikTok's 'Addictive Design' Found to Be Illegal in Europe by ffsm8 on Friday February 06, 2026 @02:37PM (#46917153)

You can't turn it off entirely, but if you keep using "show less shorts" from the 3 dot menu it eventually goes away, mostly...

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Re:TikTok's 'Addictive Design' Found to Be Illegal in Europe by direwolf20 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @08:04AM (#46923525)

It comes back. It acts like it executed shortiness+=1 every day, and "show fewer shorts" does shortiness-=10 or thereabouts. The shorts position on the home screen is based on this hidden shortiness variable. It always bubbles back to the top unless you keep pressing "show fewer shorts" whenever you see it.

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Re:TikTok's 'Addictive Design' Found to Be Illegal in Europe by ffsm8 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @10:11AM (#46924483)

Strange, for me it only comes back up if I get baited into clicking on any short (or have one linked to me)

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