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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carlos
@chaps
the really concerning fact is that the algo is made to show you that kind on content while in china it's the opposite, a scientific and educational content.
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
benevolent dictator shows kids STEM videos every 3 TikTok’s and shuts the app off between 10pm and 6am 😝
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