Racists on TikTok have quickly learned that the algorithm discriminates against Black and other marginalized users. So many of them make burner accounts to only follow Black people and report ALL their videos to suppress them.

The way racists and bigots organize on that app is wild.

So Nazi TikTok is fine but lots of the people they hate often deal with suppression.

Fascinating how racists always find a way to ruin things.

Also white people have discovered being racist is a growth hack. So when views are low, they'll spew vile shit for the boost in attention. Happens over and over.

Similar example: men who start spewing homophobic & misogynist content. They'll literally encourage rape and thrive

And since their racist/misogynist followers coordinate with harassment and reporting, when users rightfully call them out they endure abuse AND get their content suppressed.

Tiktok admits it just suppresses victims of bullying instead of handling bullying or thr bullies. https://slate.com/technology/2019/12/tiktok-disabled-users-videos-suppressed.html

From March 2020:

And tiktok is so opaque, a lot of users get very upset. T
It's nit just about views, but it's also about being isolated from your community suddenly. And you don't know why so it feels like gaslighting if you don't know better https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-users-discrimination/

And with orgs like LiveAct*on and PragrU plus individual influences on there....there is def a strong right wing presence on there to facilitate going down the extremism pipeline.

Young racists and misogynists will demand debates...which only grows their profile.

So if racists follow Black people... And they get the option to say whether a creator makes you uncomfortable...they can answer yes to help suppress the Black creator.

White dude "well, actually"s a WW to redefine "reverse racism" and compares a BW doing anti-racist education to Hitler and the Kkk

Lots of digital blackface on tiktok designed to gaslight Black folks.

I need white people to get a hobby that doesn't involve being racist

TikTok ads: this is a safe place for children!

Reality: children and adults are racist AF bullies.

I've noticed a lot of Black creators are increasingly disillusioned with the app. Many lose their accounts due to coordinated reporting by racists, transphobes, etc

Notice how that white girl intentionally tagged it blm and Meghan markle

This is great framing. Algorithms make spreading bigotry easy. The bigots know people can't resist dunking on them and they use it to their advantage.

Another example of the cost of being Black on Tiktok. All of this cross-platform harassment and calls to her work and school for pointing out racist language

Watching TX Watson's presentation "Examining TikTok"
TX offers great analysis about TikTok, the algorithm, its struggles, and how it can do better.
hosted by the Institute for Humanities Research @ ASU

Bigoted content in five minutes

CN: racism, homophobia

Aaahhhh my friends are dropping like flies.

But I mentioned this isolation from community as a negative impact. Black and other marginalized creators are feeling really down, betrayed, and abandoned without recourse