ICYMI - Why Does TikTok Think I’m an Ex-Mormon?
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🗓️ 2 June 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, Madison and Rachelle examine a case of mistaken identity. One of TikTok’s best features is its algorithm, which specializes in surfacing videos seemingly tailor-made for the user. That is, until the algorithm gets an idea about the user that’s very, very wrong. They discuss why TikTok is convinced Madison is an ex-Mormon and Rachelle is a Marvel fanatic, and then field a number of listener voicemails about all the hilarious and sometimes alarming ways TikTok has gotten them wrong, too.
Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John.
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| 0:00.0 | TikTok is for some reason absolutely convinced that I want to see videos of people breaking their bones in horrible accidents. |
| 0:13.2 | Hi, I'm Madison Malone Kircher. |
| 0:15.6 | And I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I see why am I. |
| 0:18.8 | In case you missed it. |
| 0:20.2 | It's a podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:22.7 | Rachel, they changed the voice of the TikTok robot lady and I'm distressed. |
| 0:27.5 | Why? |
| 0:28.4 | I don't like change, but also how did this happen? |
| 0:32.0 | A lawsuit, as all things. |
| 0:35.0 | It was spurred by a lawsuit. |
| 0:38.1 | Why was she suing? |
| 0:39.5 | Why would you not want to be the voice of TikTok? |
| 0:42.7 | Would you want to be the voice of TikTok? |
| 0:45.6 | Oh, I would love to be the voice of TikTok. |
| 0:47.4 | Like, all the shit that I presumably would be saying, |
| 0:51.3 | I just feel like it'd be so funny. |
| 0:54.8 | The TLDR here is that TikTok has changed the voice on its text to speech feature, |
| 1:01.5 | uh, |
| 1:01.7 | because an actor who was the original voice filed a lawsuit against, |
| 1:05.7 | uh, |
| 1:06.2 | TikTok's parent company, |
| 1:07.2 | bite dance, |
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