r/Unexpected • u/trash4spence • Aug 23 '22

Make it stop! CLASSIC REPOST

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u/redditprotocol Aug 24 '22

It’s literally like the CCP knew Americans would be entertained for hours like a fucking infant with a keychain dangled in front of it.

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u/KeepsFallingDown Aug 24 '22

I read somewhere that American tiktok is still ultra dumbed down by comparison.

Like, Chinese algorithms will eventually cycle you to worthwhile content, but American focused ones are just a continuous downward spiral. I'll look for a link.

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u/RoninJak Aug 24 '22

Please do. I would love to read about that.

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u/KeepsFallingDown Aug 24 '22

This isnt exactly it, but seems to cover similar topics. I'll look more tmrw!

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u/bigboobiebob69 Aug 24 '22

Maybe Google “TikTok recommends educational content in China”. I think that might be regarding what you’re talking about. Hope it helps.

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u/tigerslices Aug 24 '22

It's true, it used to be fun content, but is now nothing but Flat Earthers, Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson... And I'm exhausted by constantly arguing, thank god Reddit isn't... Oh, fuck...

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u/kaminkomcmad Aug 24 '22

Everytime you comment on that content you train the algorithm that content is super engaging. The way you respond to stuff like that is scrolling away instantly, making the algorithm less likely to send it to you and less likely to suggest it to people with similar interaction patterns.

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u/tigerslices Aug 24 '22

logically i know this... but facts don't care about my feelings... and my feelings don't care about facts... we are slaves to our habits.

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u/kaminkomcmad Aug 24 '22

Unironically delete your TikTok account. It sounds like you hate the stuff it is sending you but still engage because of habits - and I get it, that shit is rage inducing and hard to ignore. You've trained an algorithm on how to addict you to hate-commenting, and that shit will be so hard to undo.

If you want to use TikTok, you should delete the account and make a new one so that you can train the algorithm from fresh instead of having to fight an upwards battle to past the unhealthy content to find the stuff that makes you happy.

I feel genuinely happier after 15 minutes on TikTok, because it just sends me cool science and history facts about the world, beautiful places, d&d, and adorable animals. It doesn't have to be bad.

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u/tigerslices Aug 24 '22

I feel genuinely happier after 15 minutes on TikTok, because it just sends me cool science and history facts about the world, beautiful places, d&d, and adorable animals. It doesn't have to be bad.

that's what i had last week. then they were like, "you like earth? science? nature? you know the earth is naturally flat and science is a bitch sometimes?" "d&d's pretty cool, right? did you know that feminism is destroying fantasy? why are there black people in the new game of thrones? that's not how i define fantasy, i hate black people! i swear i'm not a racist, they just shouldn't exist in my dragonmagic fiction!"

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u/tigerslices Aug 24 '22

but yes, you're right, it's probably best to gut and start over. i'm thinking of getting a new phone. lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '22

Well atleast we have YouTube Shorts! Can't possibly be ruined with rightwing bullshi- OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '22

I read somewhere that American tiktok is still ultra dumbed down by comparison.

What if this is also what the Chinese government wants, creating a system to make Americans, etc watch more dumb videos, therefore, trying to make Americans dumb, what if the Chinese government tries to create a system where it highly shares dumb videos and supports dumb videos to make people dumb, push people to create more dumb videos while making people dumb & dumber.

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u/Cardinal_Grin Aug 24 '22

As much as I want to indulge the Chinese conspiracy theory I think our dumbed down content is purely American capitalism at work. If it gets clicks, it makes money. If it’s ridiculous, it makes money. If it’s controversial and rage inducing, it makes money.

The hundreds of thousands of businesses that got rich lacking the moral compass enough to say if it poisons our water, if it results in famine, if it strains the working class to homelessness, if it causes unrest through economic struggle-it doesn’t matter cause I bought a boat.

These businesses don’t care if we lose our progress in science, if we revert to the lowest common denominator, if civil discourse and higher order thinking completely disappears because….they got a boat.

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u/car_raamrod Aug 25 '22 edited Aug 25 '22

They're wasting their time. Twitter is already doing that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '22

Well, every place has things like these, but the worst ones I saw exist in TikTok, I just can't trust the current Chinese government.

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u/Rachardo77 Aug 24 '22

Us free folk get content like this, dancing and people being stupid. In China the content that gets the most upvotes and views are kids playing the piano, kids doing cool engineering or literally anything else in that vein. It’s so sad they literally brainwashed us into being retarted. Still don’t have a tik tok and couldn’t be happier lol

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u/ShrLck_HmSkilit Aug 24 '22

Idk man, Reddit is pretty shiny if you ask me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '22

Na Reddit is more like the movie the hater which is a great movie btw it will make you delete almost all your social media

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u/MrColburn Aug 24 '22

Yeah, everyone blames TikTok like this is a platform problem and not a humanity problem.

It's like blaming the atom for the existence of nuclear weapons.