• circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    I’m aware of that. I actively try and skip political stuff as quickly as possible. I understand how the algorithm is supposed to work, but in my experience, it isn’t working that way. On a fresh account, the first video it ever served me was a MAGA post.

    Edit: I also considered that maybe it was location based. My TikTok has no overt permissions (unneeded if you never post), no contact sharing, and I always access through a VPN. Does not seem to matter which VPN server/location I select.

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      2 months ago

      Oh yeah, it is location based, when I first started they kept trying to give me local, South Carolinian right-wing “comedy”.

      It was the cringiest shit I have ever seen in my life, and as a furry, that is not a low bar.