Christopher Mims on Nostr: Social media isn't dying. It's turning into broadcast media. "Faltesek, of Oregon ...
Social media isn't dying.
It's turning into broadcast media.
"Faltesek, of Oregon State University, conducted a two-year project to study exactly what kind of content TikTok pushes.
At the end of this exhaustive process of gathering data on TikTok’s algorithm, the conclusion became obvious: 'TikTok is television.'"
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/a-handful-of-accounts-create-most-of-what-we-see-on-social-media-bdafa8f3?st=1a2o70zybggwjhy&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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It's turning into broadcast media.
"Faltesek, of Oregon State University, conducted a two-year project to study exactly what kind of content TikTok pushes.
At the end of this exhaustive process of gathering data on TikTok’s algorithm, the conclusion became obvious: 'TikTok is television.'"
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/a-handful-of-accounts-create-most-of-what-we-see-on-social-media-bdafa8f3?st=1a2o70zybggwjhy&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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