“shocking”?
What did they expect?
Submitted 7 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world
“shocking”?
What did they expect?
Its business insider. They probably drank their own koolaid and assumed capitalism altruistically served up top tier content. The only other alternative piece would be justifying the deluge of ads as necessary and unavoidable to ensure the continued operation of tiktok
So don’t use it like I don’t understand why people complain and then don’t do anything as a result of their complaint.
Stop using the crappy platform. If you want video hosting there are literally way better options and predate tiktok
If you want video hosting there are literally way better options and that predate tiktok
like what ? There are no alternatives to TT as of now, people want the same experience when they switch from a big platform to a smaller one, the smaller one has to offer something that the bigger one doesn’t, it could be better Ui ( but similar ), better loading times, No ads as you mentioned… just better
So it justifies why they made the switch, remember to them, their sacrifice is content to be viewed and therefore value… ( if we can even call it that 🙄 )
I don’t think an ethical alternative could exist, simply because TT, Facebook, Instagram, rely on dark patterns to make their users hooked, mindlessly scrolling down, swiping up, and reducing their attention span in the process
If the user don’t get that same stimulation as before they’re not gonna stick around using the better alternative
I think you’re right. I hate that you are, but reality points to that being the reason these platforms continue to grow and thrive.
Seems like people are going off the headline, so here are the details. While it’s expected, it’s still worth exploring for how bad it is
The results? On TikTok, about a third of the content we watched were ads — but it didn’t always feel that way.
TikTok didn’t respond to a request for data on how frequently ads supposed are to on the bak site and how these ads are dispersed on the For You Page (FYP). However, a TikTok spokesperson told Insider ads supposed are to represent a small portion of the content people should see on their FYP.
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yeah agreed with your sentiment. I think it’s good to have an intuition about something, but it’s much better when there’s data to back it up.
Cuz then, they can do the same with others, say Youtube or other streaming services, and start to compare the numbers, like % of ads, what types of ads, how long are the ads relative to content, how many of these ads are political, how many of these ads may be harmful, …
Having these numbers can be quite handy for other researchers and regulators to look into these issues more concretely, rather than just say, “as your brothers and sisters already know, tiktok serves ads”
Not much different than Facebook, instagram, tumblr. About every forty post was an advertisement. It’s why I left those.
We’re you expecting a different outcome?
The only place were the ads are better content than the content
One thousand TikToks? How do you retain your sanity from watching that many?
That’s only 3-4 hours. 1,000 sounds a lot more but considering most are only 10-15 seconds, it’s not a lot. I think most of us would be fine doing that for our job. I certainly would watch 3-4 hours of TikTok and write down some statistics for getting paid.
We watched 1,000 TikToks in one sitting.
“Doctor, when I bash my head against a brick wall, it hurts!”
You deserve worse for watching that many tik toks.
Do you not have anything better to do with your time?
LOL, whay any sane human would do that?
This is how you get brain rot and die.
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This is the entire news story.
nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 7 months ago
For me, this is the real news:
Everyone being so shocked at Tiktok ads while they have been watching as many or even more ads via their daily TV sessions… for decades, and no one bats an eye at that?
Gamoc@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wtf are you talking about? Arguably the rise of streaming and TV recording is purely due to the disgusting amounts of advertising on TV. Streamers start adding ads to their paid services and everyone goes “this is why we stopped watching live TV, are you stupid, Netflix?” Nobody says an eye at TV ads? I literally have watched live TV for over a decade. What planet have you been living on?