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It's cognitive dissonance. America is supposed to be the good guys, but on American social media everyone is toxic and hates each other and it's all full of pol

It's cognitive dissonance. America is supposed to be the good guys, but on American social media everyone is toxic and hates each other and it's all full of political and corporate AstroTurfing; China is supposed to be the bad guys, but on TikTok everyone's happy and enjoying themselves and the content is organic and largely apolitical. The easiest way to get rid of the cognitive dissonance is not to fix US social media, but to get rid of TikTok.

lenkite 6y ago
That's because TikTok does pretty heavy 'auditing' - the content is NOT organic at all. Only the good-looking people and the happy videos go to the top. The others go to the bottom or are 'disappeared'
- smallchungus 6y ago
  Congrats you just described society.
  - lenkite 6y ago
    This has little to do with "society". Its policy. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-how-tiktok-censors-videos-that-do-not-please-beijing https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-... https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-users-discrimination/ https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-us... https://www.businessinsider.com/internal-guidelines-show-tiktok-censors-videos-that-would-anger-china-2019-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/internal-guidelines-show-tik...
    - smallchungus 6y ago
      And the policy was written by........?
- Barrin92 6y ago
  >Only the good-looking people and the happy videos go to the top. I don't know what problem the US has with it then, they've already assimilated, Hollywood would be jealous
garmaine 6y ago
Or it could be that we just don’t like apps that exist to Hoover up personal information and/or be state sponsored spying endpoints, no matter who makes them.
- MrBuddyCasino 6y ago
  Correct answer, downvoted of course since this is HN. I personally don’t care about privacy too much, but the way TikTok operates and its ties with the Chinese government is more than a little concerning. The videos are fun, too bad about the content.
  - trasz 6y ago
    It would be correct if it didn’t ignore the fact that US-based companies do the exact same thing.
    - garmaine 6y ago
      And I'm angry about that too.
  - impassionedrule 6y ago
    As someone that uses Keepass on Android, I find it extremely disturbing that it was reading my clipboard without permission. Thankfully I only had TikTok for a day (ironically copied my TikTok password to the clipboard).

lenkite 6y ago

That's because TikTok does pretty heavy 'auditing' - the content is NOT organic at all. Only the good-looking people and the happy videos go to the top. The others go to the bottom or are 'disappeared'

smallchungus 6y ago
Congrats you just described society.
- lenkite 6y ago
  This has little to do with "society". Its policy. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-how-tiktok-censors-videos-that-do-not-please-beijing https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-... https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-users-discrimination/ https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-us... https://www.businessinsider.com/internal-guidelines-show-tiktok-censors-videos-that-would-anger-china-2019-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/internal-guidelines-show-tik...
  - smallchungus 6y ago
    And the policy was written by........?
Barrin92 6y ago
>Only the good-looking people and the happy videos go to the top. I don't know what problem the US has with it then, they've already assimilated, Hollywood would be jealous

garmaine 6y ago

Or it could be that we just don’t like apps that exist to Hoover up personal information and/or be state sponsored spying endpoints, no matter who makes them.

MrBuddyCasino 6y ago
Correct answer, downvoted of course since this is HN. I personally don’t care about privacy too much, but the way TikTok operates and its ties with the Chinese government is more than a little concerning. The videos are fun, too bad about the content.
- trasz 6y ago
  It would be correct if it didn’t ignore the fact that US-based companies do the exact same thing.
  - garmaine 6y ago
    And I'm angry about that too.
- impassionedrule 6y ago
  As someone that uses Keepass on Android, I find it extremely disturbing that it was reading my clipboard without permission. Thankfully I only had TikTok for a day (ironically copied my TikTok password to the clipboard).