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[–] [email protected] 122 points 2 months ago (12 children)

My younger sister searches tiktok for information and by that I mean she doesn't even use the search feature. The topics just show up in her feed. She thinks she's choosing/finding but is actually getting fed topics.

Its sad because everytime she tells me something she learned on tiktok I do like 2mins of research and find its not true or misleading. People lie about the most mundane things on that platform and I don't know why.

[–] omarfw 15 points 2 months ago

They say stuff that isn't true because it gets them engagement from people who come to correct them. We figured out how to generate profit from misinformation.

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