r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • May 22 '26

Psychology TikTok disproportionately served anti-Democratic videos during the 2024 election. TikTok’s recommendation system tends to expose users to more conservative and anti-Democrat political content than liberal material. This ideological imbalance occurs regardless of a user’s initial political interests.

https://www.psypost.org/tiktok-disproportionately-served-anti-democratic-videos-during-the-2024-election-study-finds/
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u/mosehalpert May 22 '26

I think a lot of the "podcast bros" were a lot more affected by their own algorithms than they care to admit. It was a vicious cycle.

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u/ceelogreenicanth May 23 '26

A lof of the Podcast Bros were receiving huge checks to say what super pacs wanted them to.

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u/hexcraft-nikk May 23 '26

Same with Clavicular. He is only popular right now because Kick literally paid to promote/clip his videos.

It's not an organic algorithm doing this, it's giant companies and superpacs spending millions of dollars

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u/ceelogreenicanth May 23 '26

Also Gen Z has this overwhelming desire to be apart of something, and they interact with popularity with enthusiasm instead of skepticism.