I can only speak from my bubble, fair enough, but I almost never see this aspect explored in reporting on Tiktok. The articles always focus on the algorithm, never the actual content and community.
Evidently something is quite different from Reddit and Twitter since those platforms have about a quarter to a half of the MAU of TikTok despite being around much longer. "Algorithm" is a hand-wavey explanation. No amount of algorithmic content selection can keep me engaged when the content itself is of lower quality.
Fair criticism. It's not quality reporting by any means; I wouldn't say it gives too much intelligent nuance. But it starts the conversation. It's been a slow burn, but I very clearly recall a time when most white people I knew believed police misconduct to be rare, if not nonexistent.
Oh no worries I didn't even mean to criticize you, I was mostly responding to emptyfile's post. I agree with you sometimes there is nuance lacking but at the same time there's often more context and nuance than what you hear from a politican's soundbite. Hearing experiences directly from someone's mouth is a lot more impactful than reading it in a news report or political ad, even if the video is short.
Did you even read to notice that I carved out merely one example that happened to apply to me? Dismissive people like you literally comprise the race problem that you appear to be so annoyed by.
The entire world revolves around the American Race Problem. As it always does from inside your bubble.
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