TikTok Is Bringing Its Dedicated STEM Feed To Europe (techcrunch.com) 13
As political pressure mounts, TikTok says it's committed to fostering educational content on its app. "The company announced on Tuesday that it's expanding its dedicated STEM feed across Europe, starting in the U.K. and Ireland, after first launching it in the U.S. last year," reports TechCrunch. From the report: The STEM feed will begin to automatically appear alongside the "For You" and "Following" feeds for users under the age of 18. Users above the age of 18 can enable the STEM feed via the app's "content preferences" settings. The feed includes English-speaking content with auto-translate subtitles. TikTok says that since launching the feed in the U.S. last year, 33% of users have the STEM feed enabled and a third of teens go to the STEM feed every week. The app has seen a 24% growth in STEM-related content in the U.S. since the feed launched. Over the past three years, almost 15 million STEM-related videos have been published on the app globally.
The company is expanding its partnerships with Common Sense Networks and Poynter to assess all of the content appearing on the STEM feed. Common Sense Networks will examine the content to ensure it's appropriate for the STEM feed, while Poynter will assess the reliability of the information. Content that doesn't pass both of these checkpoints will not be eligible for the STEM feed.
The company is expanding its partnerships with Common Sense Networks and Poynter to assess all of the content appearing on the STEM feed. Common Sense Networks will examine the content to ensure it's appropriate for the STEM feed, while Poynter will assess the reliability of the information. Content that doesn't pass both of these checkpoints will not be eligible for the STEM feed.
April fools (Score:5, Funny)
TikTok says it's committed to fostering educational content on its app.
It's a bit late, but it's by far the best April Fools joke.
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Fuck Tik Tok
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Hey, found one of the many Chinese Communist Party I internet propaganda trolls.....
Talk to me when you allow US social media sites in China uncensored....
Hell, talk to me when China allows the US version of Tik Tok to be seen
STEM feed, TikTok style (Score:5, Funny)
Video one: How to order stuff on AliExpress.
Video two: Save a lot of money by buying cheap knockoffs of electronics brands.
Video three: Getting around the TikTok ban, prepare now!
Video four...
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Descriptions of products are lacking detail or downright inaccurate. Worse, web-pages/product-numbers are recycled, meaning information could refer to the previous listing.
One spends much time looking for products that describe/display exactly what is wanted. Then, searching for the cheapest listing that matches the desired product. For instance, when the prices on metal widgets start at $12, then one finds a metal widget for $4 (the price of a plastic widget), it will be a mis-labelled plastic widget.
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The new thing appears to be Temu, which is like aliexpress for people who feel that not enough of the battery powered goods randomly work as ad hoc fire lighters.
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Bad timing for Temu, Aliexpress recently fixed search so that you can use more than two terms. Still has the problem that you only get fast shipping the first time you order from a new seller. Also now has a new problem, they are combining shipments so they will hold one for a day or two so that others can catch up. Still better than Temu though.
Wrong STEM (Score:5, Funny)
In this case STEM stands for Short Terribly Edited Movies.
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Thank you, now can you rephrase that to not look completely like the AI generated trash that it is?
Not a Bad Idea, But... (Score:2)
Great! (Score:2)
Given their record on suppressing real science around disease, vaccines, physics, etc., while promoting flat-earth, moon landing fakery, etc., etc., how are they claiming that they're going to get STEM right? Why won't it just be full of the same junk, TikTok?