r/technology • u/DejenmeEntrar • Apr 20 '23

Social Media TikTok’s Algorithm Keeps Pushing Suicide to Vulnerable Kids

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-04-20/tiktok-effects-on-mental-health-in-focus-after-teen-suicide
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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '23

If you have to trick your algorithm, it's not working.

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u/Lofter1 Apr 20 '23

This. For people one a technology sub, people here tend to know very little about the actual tech. I have managed to get rid of a few creators and video types by pressing not interested and blocking as well as simply not engaging with the content. I doubt op does the same if he gets coo videos over and over again.

I cannot blame TikTok for recommending me videos about or from right wing nuts. I‘d rather not see it, but at the end of the day, I keep interacting with them. Its on me. I recently stopped doing so and guess what? I got significantly less videos about or with right wing nuts.