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TikTok has turned culture into a feedback loop of impulse and machine learning

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292 points natalie3p | 1 comments | 10 Sep 25 16:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ndriscoll ◴[10 Sep 25 16:29 UTC] No.45200079[source]▶
This post popped up a blocking window before I was even 3 sentences in, so maybe unsurprising that I clicked away in less than 60 seconds. If the author wants people to read whatever it is they have to say, maybe they should not put distractions in front of their writing?
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j1elo ◴[10 Sep 25 16:34 UTC] No.45200160[source]▶
Wow it is that bad! It's a white full screen on-your-face message that no one asked for, and it literally appears as soon as you start reading the content!

If that wasn't ironic enough to the title of the article, upon hitting the "X" and then "Back" on my phone (because it generated enough rejection on me that I didn't want to keep reading), the popup appeared again (-: so double annoyance for the price of one.

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1. skulk ◴[10 Sep 25 16:54 UTC] No.45200493[source]▶
The worst part is that it pushes an item onto the history stack both when it opens and closes. So I need to press back 3 times to go back. It's a small thing to complain about but it's still atrocious.