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Nemesis034 t1_j6uvq8d wrote

Reply to comment by HortaNord in TikTok Ban for Government Employees by State by lemonzestttttttt

This. The tik tok algo, whether it's by design or just algo gone amok, is actively promoting content glorifiyng mental illness as something hip that people should get involved with. It's kinda like the emo trend of the 2000s but worse. No video game, thriller/horror movie or what have you will tell you it's hip to have and/or identify with mental illness..

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NeverrSummer t1_j6uwccr wrote

So exactly what reddit does? Glorify depression and bipolar disorder and suicide jokes because it makes good memes?

You never been to /r/me_irl or /r/dankmemes before? They're quite large/popular.

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Nemesis034 t1_j6uwury wrote

Yup. However reddit don't have an algo actively pushing it..

Edit: caught your edit (second paragraph for posterity) and those are specific subs. Not sitewide.

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NeverrSummer t1_j6ux8n1 wrote

They get pushed to signed out users same as any other sub with enough traffic. I fail to see how that's different than algorithmic selection from a new user perspective.

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Nemesis034 t1_j6uxgr2 wrote

True. Some of it reaches the front page. But only some. On tik tok it's overepresented af.

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NeverrSummer t1_j6uxmxk wrote

Do you have any data or insider information to validate that? Because I would argue that I see significantly more depression memes on Reddit than what my friends have ever shown me on TikTok.

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