A TikTok account called @basincreekretirement has gone viral for its funny and heartwarming Halloween costume videos featuring “senior residents.” But the people, home, and even the laughter aren’t real.
  • Substance_P@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    5 days ago

    And the viral TikTok creator is crushing it on clicks. I don’t think this is going away anytime soon.

    • mika_mika@lemmy.world
      13·
      4 days ago

      I took a peek at that app last week- even obviously AI videos are crushing it with clicks and comments saying “this is AI” do nothing but increase engagement.

    • fonix232@fedia.io
      8·
      5 days ago

      Of course it isn’t. A large number of the population is easily misled by even mediocre AI generated content. Which generates clicks, traffick, and thus revenue (through ads).

      Why would a company with the sole priority of generating revenue, care about things like being truthful or legitimate or real, when that doesn’t generate revenue?

  • someguy3@lemmy.world
    14·
    5 days ago

    What they're supposed to be

    Waste of time, spice girl, unpictured is pothead.

    Tiktok links in article but I’m not linking them.

  • fonix232@fedia.io
    13·
    5 days ago

    Given peopledotcom refuses to make their website actually usable (the cookie and privacy policy notice isn’t dismissable for example), I refuse to give them any level of traffic.

    • Manjushri@piefed.socialEnglish
      8·
      5 days ago

      Interesting. I use Firefox with NoScript, uBlock Origin, and BypassPaywallsClean and have no issues with the site at all.

          • tornavish@lemmy.cafeEnglish
            3·
            4 days ago

            Well, you don’t need to… But if you want to, I would love to know you’re exhaustive list.

            I also use OpenSnitch / LittleSnitch (macOS) to block ip ranges, and telemetry/tracking services.

            I think a lot of people would be surprised to know how many CLI apps are making telemetry requests.

            • Manjushri@piefed.socialEnglish
              4·
              4 days ago

              The whole list? Here you go.

              • Bye Rubert
              • Bypass Paywalls Clean
              • CanvasBlocker
              • Decentraleyes
              • Facebook Container
              • Google Container
              • HTTPS Everywhere
              • NoScript
              • Privacy Badger
              • SponsorBlock for YouTube
              • Tampermonkey
              • uBlock Origin
              • Video DownloadHelper
  • rafoix@lemmy.zip
    10·
    5 days ago

    I am truly hoping they were physically crushed only for me to get emotionally crushed when I found out that nobody was crushed in any way.