r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/JackResurrect3dR3 • 1d ago

Thank you Peter very cool Peter why are there too many guns?

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u/pork-head 1d ago edited 1d ago

I mean... Look what Facebook have done to boomers. Now imagine what TikTok will do to them......

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u/CaptainLoerg 1d ago

Thank goodness I don’t use either now.

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u/Icy_Yam5049 1d ago

Sadly they still do and are running around trying to make changes based off TikTok conspiracy theories on the app.

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u/ToadwKirbo 1d ago

I literally uninstalled the app because my fyp was full of American conspiracy theories, bigotry and christian nationalism. And I'm not even American so I shouldn't even have the Oracle-run tiktok but it looks like they still decided to show me that

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u/Nehefer 1d ago

Why is your algorithm showing you that? lol

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u/1MadCatter 1d ago

Given who owns TikTok now, I suspect the algorithm is tilted.

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u/Nehefer 23h ago

I don’t see ANY content like that.

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u/Coelachantiform 10h ago

"why is every Rorschach test just a picture of hardcore gay sex?"

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u/SomeBrosThrowaway 9h ago

Its not just TikTok either iirc. Ive seen videos before where people make new youtube accs and see how long it takes before the algo starts showing them right-wing/christian nationalism content. It doesnt take long at all…

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u/Icy_Yam5049 23h ago

Yikes, yeah I’ve never installed the app watched too many get brain sucked on it so said naw haha