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mattyglesias.bsky.social • 48 days ago

Sounds bad

Consuming political content on TikTok is associated with being more Trump-y, more pro-Russia, and more antisemitic even after quite strong demographic/attitudinal controls.

From a content perspective R videos get more views than D and also R content is also more effective on per impression basis.

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birdman100.bsky.social•47 days ago

Neocon anti chinese bs

Such bs.

edgarageous.bsky.social•47 days ago

Yeah we're boned - people can finally just say stuff and have it become popularly understood as true. Postwar liberalism is predicated on that not happening. Jews are in particularly big trouble.

https://bsky.app/profile/davidshor.bsky.social/post/3lfknlgsi622e

thestinkfoot.bsky.social•48 days ago

I do wonder how much this Tik Tok trend is pro-negativity/anti-current regime versus pro-Trump. If its the former expect a shift as Republicans assume power.

poeghostal.bsky.social•47 days ago

Well @mattyglesias.bsky.social is the "thermostatic politics" guy, so I'd be curious as to his thoughts then.

soapsscifi.bsky.social•47 days ago

There may be a shift, but the media is under total GOP control.

diffdrum1.bsky.social•48 days ago

Glad I’ve never gone on

marvinrando.bsky.social•48 days ago

Grievance is more engaging than positivity.

kenhes.bsky.social•48 days ago

They'll all be going to truth social 😅

mmathog.bsky.social•48 days ago

I don’t think you should give up.

jack-key.bsky.social•47 days ago

Idiots are perfect marks for republicans and social media

infortheride.bsky.social•47 days ago

…because it is part and parcel of the same bullshit the the fascist Republicans spewed about the dangers of any app that they themselves wanted to possess. Only way to pitch a for sale sign on something that wasn’t for sale-like when their grand parents kidnapped people and then sold them.

shawnisstilltired.bsky.social•48 days ago

It’s almost like the algorithms are controlled by a malign foreign power that wants to sew discord and stupidity.

craigwalmsley.bsky.social•48 days ago

snabbkassa.bsky.social•46 days ago

It's only because the CCP that controls it wants Trump to unban it, and then they can keep on sowing discord in the west.

wcole.bsky.social•48 days ago

It does sound bad but is incomplete without knowing the same info about Reels, Shorts, etc.

tminpsp.bsky.social•48 days ago

It is the downfall of our democracy.

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