A study found TikTok's algorithm recommended more Republican-aligned content during the 2024 US election. Republican accounts saw more like-minded content, while Democratic accounts were shown more opposing views. This suggests a pro-Republican skew.
Oh, that’s as expected. What’s interesting, though, is the same exact argument pattern to other recent debacles. Like, “How dare TikTok/Progressives/Arabs side against us? Could it be they resent that we openly despise them and very recently fucked them over? No, that never happened, also Trump did it too! The only possible explanation for their hostility is that they’re ontologically evil, and we therefore have no choice but to continue openly despising them and trying to fuck them over!” Like, if this were a book, it would be panned for it’s heavy-handed hubris allegory.
i can still allow for them to be misinformed and or differently oriented- so not necessarily evil. as for fucking them over, i don’t care so much about that directly- i have more modest ambitions. i want people to see how often there’s a great big elephant in the room that you’re really ‘not supposed to’ talk about. eating 20 downvotes for an innocuous comment is revelatory
Oh, that’s as expected. What’s interesting, though, is the same exact argument pattern to other recent debacles. Like, “How dare TikTok/Progressives/Arabs side against us? Could it be they resent that we openly despise them and very recently fucked them over? No, that never happened, also Trump did it too! The only possible explanation for their hostility is that they’re ontologically evil, and we therefore have no choice but to continue openly despising them and trying to fuck them over!” Like, if this were a book, it would be panned for it’s heavy-handed hubris allegory.
i can still allow for them to be misinformed and or differently oriented- so not necessarily evil. as for fucking them over, i don’t care so much about that directly- i have more modest ambitions. i want people to see how often there’s a great big elephant in the room that you’re really ‘not supposed to’ talk about. eating 20 downvotes for an innocuous comment is revelatory