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    639 months ago

    Yeah TikTok is bad but it also works as expected.

    Yeah it’s the worst algorithm ever, basically spyware, bans LGBT+ people, etc. But that’s quite frankly how it always worked.

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      299 months ago

      Bans LGBT+ people

      My fyp is full of bipoc LGBTQ+ people? Twitter on the other hand tries to feed me right wing news sources and disinformation all the time. There’s a spectrum here and TikTok is far on the other side.

      Also to be frank the algorithm is by far the best out of any company with a “for you” algorithm. It blows pretty much anything else out of the water entirely.

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      179 months ago

      People rightfully call out TikTok as a spyware because of their ties with CCP, but how exactly are other social media giants and big tech any different as they too have ties with the CIA, FBI etc

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        69 months ago

        Basically, most social media reads out everything that is openly accessible, like cookies, address books and contacts, etc.
        TikTok goes deeper, it has been watched going into protected files, trying to break encryptions (sometimes being successful).

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          -79 months ago

          Damn, didn’t know about this, but, what if Big Tech has also been doing this, but with more perfection, without getting caught?

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            19 months ago

            TikTok is big tech.

            But your question is highly speculative and kind of comes across as bad faith.

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      29 months ago

      bans LGBT+ people

      Source? because I follow a ton of LGBTQIA+ people without any issue.

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      09 months ago

      Idk, I find it’s algorithm very easy to control compared to every other social media, its much easy to manipulate. My fyp is full of gay people so idk what you mean by the second statement.