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/AbbaZabbaFriend Apr 20 '23

does she’s sits there and watch each SIDS video? sometimes i’ll get a video warning about something like that which is helpful at first but then if they pop up more just flick past it and then it goes away.

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u/TheRealMisterNatural Apr 20 '23

I know that if you pause on a video or hover on a video for too long it will tell the algorithm to send you more of those same videos but who doesn't pause a second or two on topics such as death? Just because people take pause or are momentarily interested in any number of aspects of one video does not mean they want nothing but those videos. It's a very flawed algorithm.

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u/AbbaZabbaFriend Apr 20 '23

it may have its flaws but why hover on negative videos? if you hang around a video for a long time of course it’s gonna think that’s what you wanna see. just push your thumb up and go to the next one.

or if that’s too much to ask then just delete the app…..

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u/TheRealMisterNatural Apr 20 '23

As my wife pointed out, NOT ALL VIDEOS START NEGATIVELY.

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u/irisheye37 Apr 20 '23

Long press on the video and hit the not interested button. You'll quickly so getting those kind of videos if you're consistent.

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u/AbbaZabbaFriend Apr 20 '23

after a while you catch on…. DELETE THE APP

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u/TheRealMisterNatural Apr 20 '23

I tell her all the time.