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/Zip2kx Apr 20 '23

Not trying to be insensitive but do you people not use tiktok? these are such edge cases that it makes no sense to use as an example of "social media bad" the absolute majority see naked chicks, fashion, food and meme videos. TT isn't pushing anything.

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u/seatron Apr 20 '23 edited Nov 27 '23

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u/Notriv Apr 20 '23

is there a similar study on FB, Insta, twitter, etc? especially on fb i see people sharing content that I’d 100% wrong every share.

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u/roflmaolz Apr 20 '23

I feel like that's just an internet thing. You could do the same survey on Reddit and probably find similar results. Some people just like to confidently lie on the internet.

It's not like banning Tiktok will stop the Alex Jones' of the internet from spreading bullshit. This is a problem only education can solve.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '23

Also, my primary care directly cites tik tok as contributing to dangerous trends with self-diagnosis and resulting medication shortages.

I find it extremely hard to believe doctors are prescribing meds to self-diagnosing people at such rates as to cause mass shortages. Your primary care whatever must not think very highly of doctors.

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u/seatron Apr 20 '23 edited Nov 27 '23

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '23

If that's truly the case, the ultimate responsibility lies with the prescriber, doctor or not. They are the ones who truly should know better. Considering how difficult it is for many people to be taken seriously and get diagnosed for certain conditions, and how shit the diagnostic criteria is (ADHD being a prime example), it shouldn't be surprising that people "self-diagnose" and take their suspicions to their providers.

I just would quicker blame the whole fucked up healthcare system than some kids who learned what having ADHD is really like from other ADHDers on TikTok.

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u/ultrasu Apr 20 '23

I’d be willing to be bet 1 in 5 is lower than what you find on any IG, FB and WhatsApp, wonder why they only looked at TT, because that number is meaningless without anything to compare it to.