Cory Doctorow on TikTok and social media in general

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

For someone who is not on the inside of any social media companies, this was very educational. I’ve avoided TikTok – not out of any particular compuction to avoid it, just that I don’t care enough to be exposed to endless 30 seconds blurbs.

It also explains the behavior of other social media companies.

Long, but good, read.