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Comment by bjourne

3 months ago

If so, good riddance. The good point of TikTok is that the videos appear genuine and wholesome. Not the hyper-optimized for monetization crap YouTube Shorts show you. I much prefer the videos with kids goofing around on icy streets over the American narrator telling me some bs about some great baseball player.

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wqaatwt  3 months ago

> videos appear genuine and wholesome

That doesn’t mean they aren’t hyper-optimized for monetization, though

  • lmm  3 months ago

    I think charming/wholesome videos are nicer than ragebait/hustle culture videos, even if both have been just as ruthlessly optimised. Optimisation isn't the problem.