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The Social Media Trend Machine Is Spitting Out Weirder and Weirder Results

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨silence7@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/tiktok-trends-are-driving-random-consumer-spending-spikes?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1NDkzMTA0OCwiZXhwIjoxNzU1NTM1ODQ4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUMFRXMFVHUTdMRjEwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI3MDQyN0U3REVGMkM0MDEzODNCNDUzRjAyNUE2NDc3NyJ9.cUOvTpjmVUma3wq3QjqkFGt1lBdcCarnxxTHqra6VdA&leadSource=uverify+wall

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  • ileftreddit@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Honestly, fuck Bloomberg

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  • FalseTautology@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Man I’m not going to that shithole.

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    • Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      https://archive.is/PKIat

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  • Solventbubbles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    This reads like “old man yells at clouds”

    Like on one hand, sure, tiktok has accelerated the amount of info/media kids are latching onto. But also, remember street sharks? Remember pogs? Or floam? Like… shits always been like this.

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