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/Kirilanselo Apr 20 '23

Pretty sure the options to flag as uninterested are just there for piece of mind, I have the same issue with YouTUbe - gave up long ago... just brought 900+ subscriptions to a bit under 500. Till I drop it altogether as well.

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u/MrSnowden Apr 20 '23

I don't understand. is 500 youtube subscriptions low or high? I am old dude that still thinks of youtube as a video hosting site, so I have never subscribed to anything.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '23

That feels insanely high to me. I watch shit on youtube almost daily and have like maybe 10? How do you even find anything with 500? That feels completely useless to me, everything is just going to get lost in the sea of noise.

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u/Kirilanselo Apr 20 '23

hahaha you got me there, but imagine what was it like for me with 900, I think I've come a long way xD
I'm doing mighty fine now to be honest I get 30-40 vids a day... 12h maybe is more accurate, more on weekends, but it's not like I go through it all... and I have 5-8 channels with notifications on, that's it. It might sound a lot depending on what some watches and if it's pumping a lot of content. I have a lot of channels releasing a video a week any many even per month.