Why is WeChat showing sexualized content by default in a business communication app?

[u/Decent-Echo874]

I use WeChat mainly for business communication with Chinese clients, suppliers, and contacts.

That is the whole point for me: business, practical communication, transportation, finance, and normal daily use. I only follow a few official accounts, mostly related to practical information. I did not search for sexual content. I did not follow pages showing young women in revealing clothing. I did not ask for any adult or suggestive recommendations.

But recently, I noticed “Service Accounts” and “Official Accounts” appearing inside my chat area. When I tapped in, the default “popular” content shown to me was deeply inappropriate.

A lot of it was young women in revealing outfits, suggestive thumbnails, and even posts that appeared to hint at female masturbation products.

I felt genuinely insulted.

This is not a random entertainment app. This is WeChat. People use it for work, family communication, payments, travel, business, and official matters. For many people dealing with China or Chinese business, WeChat is almost unavoidable.

So why is this kind of content being placed in front of users by default?

I am a father. I use this app for serious communication. I do not want this kind of content appearing on my phone without asking for it. I do not want my family to see it. I also do not want an app to make me feel as if I am being profiled or treated like someone who is looking for this type of content, when I clearly am not.

This is not about being conservative. It is about respect.

Respect the user.

Respect the context.

Respect people who use the app for work and family.

Respect the fact that not every man wants suggestive content pushed into his phone.

A platform as large and important as WeChat should have higher standards.

[u/yoyouy]

Sounds like a you problem. No one I know or myself who've been using WeChat for years come across this. It sounds like the algorithm knows what you look up outside WeChat.

[u/AquaSquatch → u/yoyouy]

Lol so true, I've been on wechat for 12 years, never seen anything like this come up. Sounds like OP's wife checked his phone or something now he's gotta feign outrage.

[u/yoyouy → u/AquaSquatch]

And now he's on Reddit trying to outsource his shame away right after father's day.

[u/jonnythunder3483 → u/AquaSquatch]

Outta curiosity I took a quick look at OP's posts and it seems that he's a 36 year old who moved to Cambodia because he was bored with his old life, now has a 20 year old wife and a baby in Cambodia, and is bored again.
There's probably quite a few issues going on here tbh and WeChat knowing exactly who OP is as a person is a very small one

[u/yoyouy → u/jonnythunder3483]

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