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ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Dragxito@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] hexabs@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Are you being intentionally daft? You realise there is no algorithm behind Lemmy, right? You aren't being shoved controversial polarizing content subliminally here.

The worst of Lemmy is a certain instance... That I have never heard from after defederation.

[–] adriator@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

The worst of Lemmy is a certain instance... That I have never heard from after defederation.

Yeah, defederating from Beehaw was definitely a great decision. I'm so glad I don't have to see those guys' posts anymore.

[–] theterrasque@infosec.pub -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You realise there is no algorithm behind Lemmy, right?

Of course there is. Even "sort by newest" is an algorithm, and the default view is more complicated than that.

You aren't being shoved controversial polarizing content subliminally here.

Neither are you on TikTok, unless you actively go looking for it

[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Neither are you on TikTok, unless you actively go looking for it

That's just genuine nonsense. The whole point of platforms like TikTok are the modern recommender systems that (simplified) lead to algorithmic radicalisation. Because these systems heavily optimise towards user engagement, they naturally spread misinformation and controversial content.
And because this kind of content statistically gets more user engagement as people commend on it and spend more time with it, it spreads quicker. This has also e.g. been confirmed by a leaked internal Facebook memo.

And additionally, these systems are personalised, so when you start to interact with it, you get more and more similar content. This leads to a radicalisation pipeline in which the platforms normalises these positions in echo chambers to you.

[–] OftenWrong@startrek.website -5 points 8 months ago

You're like the old people that yelled about rock music ruining the youth. But for the the internet lmao. What's it feel like to become that? Is it sad? It seems sad.