ted (not lasso)
@ted
this is meaningfully concerning. TikTok is a great platform for entertainment, and a terrible one for news. its capacity to cause harmful social contagions is unparalleled. vids have 3 secs to capture attention (10 words) with zero way to fact check content (unlike community notes), and the algo boosts controversy.
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Greg
@greg
I see more political content on Twitter than TikTok bit a long shot I watch TikTok more than most on this app and never saw the Bin Laden thing - only saw it on Twitter People are overreacting IMO
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Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
Ryan Broderick has an awesome explanation for this. I'm not sure I'm completely aligned with the take, but it made me think for sure! Also, a consistently great newsletter! https://www.garbageday.email/p/is-the-web-actually-evaporating
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