Yeah..... the vibe ain't right atm

TL;DR Algorithm yeeted my preferences again and is feeding me stuff I don't care for. (But this is not a "I'm deleting the app" post; I'm just disappointed.)

A couple of days I made a post about how my FYP completely changed from having a lot of my interests on it (art, food, books, etc., and all in Mandarin, very few subtitles) to suddenly being thumbnail after thumbnail of Chinese women showing their bodies in specific postures (mostly their butts). I mentioned how I have zero interest in this and did not even tap on those videos but tried very quickly to address the issue by searching for the content I'm interested in.

TWO DAYS LATER, after my FYP had been fixed, we're back to the t*ts and *ss.

I'm not sure what's going on with XHS's algorithm, or how they determine what viewers of a certain sex/age receive on their FYP, but I've been using XHS for longer than most Americans (before "TikTok migration") and I've never had this problem.

It's very sad, honestly, because I feel like my experience of the app is being influenced by factors completely out of my control, and that's just not how these sorts of apps are supposed to function. My "Follow" page, thankfully, still has all the people I follow, and I'm doing as a user recommended and just gone on there and furiously hit "LIKE LIKE LIKE" on everything there. And that has (probably temporarily) fixed my FYP again. But as I scrolled down further, I noticed two or three of these "softcore p0rn" videos already rearing their heads among my preferred content. I marked them as "Not Interested" so I'm really really hoping that does something.

If it doesn't, well... it's been a good one guys. I'll keep coming back on here for any potential news of the algorithm becoming much better, and I won't uninstall or anything, but yeah, can't really use the app if the content just isn't for me.

Comments

LadyArcana89•over 1 year ago•3

Wth I didn't even know those types of post were allowed in RedNote lol

StellarEclipses•over 1 year ago•2

My algorithm went from Chinese mandarin lessons and food videos to US politics so yeah I get it

Ozzie_no_not_osborne•over 1 year ago•1

My husband gets those type of videos on tiktok. Its just someone with no life using a bot system to spam porn pics. 3 days of naked girls then for about 2 weeks it stopped. Haven’t had an incident since yet but this has happened before months ago too.

Just report the account and move on. Its interesting tho that its on rednote too and not just tiktok

nunolee•over 1 year ago•1

Soft porn can even be found in food delivery apps or payment apps in china. It’s likely a business model for attracting male customers. XHS used soft porn ads "Countless beautiful women on XHS—watch for free, no cost at all!" on male-dominated platforms to attract men. I guess the boss of XHS or TIKTOK believe it helps he retain men.

funariite_koro•over 1 year ago•1

This is how the Chinese company works sadly. They have discovered that, by forwarding these softcore porns to any male users, the times of view have grown 10 times. For you, maybe a good way is to change your profile gender to female.

Nidanracni•over 1 year ago•1

A few days back I was suddenly getting all these graphic videos about animals in unsafe situations. Like finding puppies in a garbage can and saying it was bad luck to help them get out. Or a newborn kitten on the sidewalk. They weren’t even rescue videos. Just a bit disturbing. That only lasted a couple days thankfully. Maybe they are experimenting with algorithm changes.

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