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  • @Carrolade
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    106 days ago

    What, you mean an app engineered to turn information into an addictive drug that tries to keep users hooked regardless of whether that is any good for them or not, in the interest of maximized revenues, might not be an exercise of genuinely “free” speech?

    Huh, weird.

    • @disguy_ovahea
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      56 days ago

      Yes, but that describes all social media with engagement algorithms.

      The only discernible difference between TikTok and Reels is foreign ownership, and the article is truncated before it substantiates its claim about the ban protecting free speech.

      • Optional
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        56 days ago

        Yes, but that describes all social media with engagement algorithms.

        Hmmmmmmm

      • @Carrolade
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        36 days ago

        The shorts format specifically is extra dangerous, it’s sort of the fentanyl to youtube’s heroin. Their specific algorithm is also unusually effective.

        It’s true that any other social media that successfully copies tiktok’s methods would become just as bad from a health perspective.