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		martythemaniak on Jan 15, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday You're both right! There was a good article/discussion on on this yesterday, but tldr: They are authentically fake! As in, the creators are not putting up a show with a 'real' person behind the persona, the algorithms have remade whatever person there use to be such that their 'authentic' self has become the persona. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42696691

j_bum on Jan 15, 2025 | [–]

Interpellation [0]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpellation_(philosophy)

niobe on Jan 15, 2025 | [–]

Go outside, everyone's real .. at least for the time being!

fullshark on Jan 15, 2025 | [–]

They are boring though

recursive on Jan 16, 2025 | | [–]

Only seems that way until you come down off the hyperstimulation.

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