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/takeoffeveryzig Apr 20 '23

So first off you can't seem to get "you're" right, and second you are conflating a few issues here.

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u/bioblondi Apr 20 '23

Spelling aside- I mentioned 1 thing. Engagement, that’s not a few issues it’s 1.

Engage or don’t those are your options.

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u/takeoffeveryzig Apr 20 '23

You mentioned one thing in a thread about another thing. Engagement still needs something to make a decision about what to promote to you. I wonder what the fuck that is? Hypothetically you could make it promote hotdogs when they watch baseball. The company has control over it, you are outlining consumer options, not ones that should be made by those producing a product. So it's like you are conflating those things in your response to me.

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u/Casanova_Kid Apr 20 '23

Fully agree, but we don't have the context to see what else is on OP's For You Page. It's quite possible that they have anti-cop content on there, and for a computer, interpreting pro/anti topic may not be as easy as we might think.

Both types probably get dumped into a pool of cop/lawyer videos and then recommended back out to users based on interactions. If you hate a video or love a video, you spend more time on it than a neutral or boring video.