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Ok, TikTok has the illusion of being content-neutral and just a fair algorithm, but we have no reason to believe it is unbiased.

• pessimizer 2y ago
  > Ok, TikTok has the illusion of being content-neutral and just a fair algorithm Does it? And what does that even mean? Are there any other "content-neutral" and "fair" algorithms that you're aware of at other social media companies? > we have no reason to believe it is unbiased. Not only is that not how argument works, it's a bizarre bar that only tiktok has to leap to do business. We have every reason to believe that any and all commercial algorithms for selecting and prioritizing content to display to users are not "content-neutral," nor "fair" for every possible definition of fair.
  • s1artibartfast 2y ago
    of course they are all biased. The question is who's biases are represented.
    • dpkirchner 2y ago
      Probably Proctor & Gamble's, Ford's, and similar.
      • s1artibartfast 2y ago
        I think those are honestly much lower on the list beyond the values and biases of the owners and employees.
• wasteduniverse 2y ago
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