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Talent Hakata Daikichi, on the September 29 broadcast of TV Tokyo’s “Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~” (roughly, “Where to Next? ~Bar Snack Talk~”), said that the videos showing up on his TikTok feed are “just people complaining about politics” and that it’s not fun at all. Reacting to this, 5ch commenters noted en masse that the genre of videos TikTok shows varies wildly from person to person—some said they get nothing but adult content, sports, or pet videos, while others said theirs is all political criticism or videos hyping up specific politicians. Opinions were split on whether the difference comes down to the algorithm or each person’s own viewing habits.
Hakata Daikichi—Even TikTok users say “Not fun at all!” → The videos that show up are “just people complaining about politics”
TV Tokyo’s “Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~”, hosted by talents Hakata Daikichi and Masahiro Matsuoka, aired on the 29th.
Kano Takahashi, an influencer known for appearing on the dating reality show “Today, I Fell in Love.”, made a guest appearance. When Takahashi asked, “Do you check social media—TikTok and stuff?” Daikichi replied, “Oh, all the time!”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Same here.
The kind where everything's clearly visible, too.
Once you're an old geezer, griping about stuff is what gives you the biggest dopamine hit.
All I get on X is thirsty women.
Not that I'm complaining, though.
It's nothing but fights.
Also potatoes lately, for some reason.
I search for and watch Nepal videos too, but I never get any Nepal content in my feed.
None of that ever shows up for me.
Guess that's what happens when all you watch is porn.
So we're not even allowed to complain about politics now?
That's just dumb.
Industry people who get stressed out complaining about politics keep dropping like flies from illness.
Spare a thought for the rest of us who have to listen to complaints nobody asked for.
It was normal at first, but at some point it just broke on its own without me doing anything.
doesn't matter if it's left or right,
TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, wherever.
The people who watch that stuff religiously are exactly the ones who get played by online election propaganda while going on about how ‘the old media is the real problem.’
Rarely any of them actually dig deep into it.
Terrestrial TV is nothing but Yoshimoto comedians.
Smells like death in here.
Isn't the point that the algorithm itself is garbage?
Background and Key Points of This Topic
TikTok’s “For You” feed works by optimizing what’s shown to each user based on their viewing history and watch time, so even on the same app the videos that appear can vary hugely from person to person. In the thread, some said they get nothing but videos criticizing politics, while others said theirs is mostly sports and pet content—likely a case of each person’s own viewing habits being reflected back by the algorithm. That said, it’s true that around election periods in particular there have been stretches where short-form videos favorably spotlighting specific politicians became conspicuous on social media, and it’s repeatedly been pointed out that such content tends to spread widely even when its accuracy is hard to verify. The thread saw both takes—“it’s the algorithm’s fault” and “it’s down to the individual’s own viewing habits”—with no consensus reached.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] Hakata Daikichi: Even TikTok users say “Not fun at all!”—The videos that show up are “just people complaining about politics”.”
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