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TikTok’s ‘For You Page’ algorithm is a new version of an old entertainment strategy - Vox

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TikTok isn’t the way I want the internet to work, but it’s where the internet is going.

Technology TikTok is confusing by design TikTok isn’t the way I want the internet to work, but it’s where the internet is going. by Sara Morrison Jul 5, 2023, 11:30 AM UTC Aleksei Morozov/Getty Images Sara Morrison was a senior Vox reporter who covered data privacy, antitrust, and Big Tech’s power over us all for the site since 2019. I was trying to find a TikTok video to show my mom when the realization hit me: I am becoming her. That is to say, I've aged out of the intended and desired audience for popular new apps. They're no longer made with me in mind, and there's a steeper learning curve

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