TikTok is scary good. It's digital crack

Post by henrikschroder » Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 10:24 PM UTC

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kpennell wrote: post #4

I'm not sure how I got sucked into Tiktok but I was quickly hooked. There's something so refreshingly playful, authentic, and raw about so much Tiktok content compared to Instagram. Instagram (explore/discovery) is generally pretty people with pretty things in pretty places. That was fun for a while but it's just not that interesting after a while. I don't need to see more pretty pictures of women doing yoga. I don't…

> I legitimately laugh my ass off Same here. And then I read all the other comments on this post by people who don't get it, don't think it's funny, isn't getting "good" content, and I start to wonder if I'm lucky? Except, I haven't really liked or disliked anything on the app. I'm just scrolling, flipping away videos that I don't like, staying on videos I do. Sure, there's a lot of crap, but there are just so many d…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 28, 2022, 12:04 AM UTC

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kfrzcode wrote: post #28

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The massive data vacuum is probably part of it.

But that’s not at all unique to TikTok. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, etc. have massive amounts of data to play with as well. What else does TikTok have that these other platforms do not?

Post by hackerfromthefu » Mon, Mar 28, 2022, 2:03 AM UTC

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Same reason why I am absolutely terrified of playing any instrumental music on Spotify. I let one track run till the end and my next 2-3 discover weeklies will be filled only by instrumental music.

i used to instinctively turn on private mode every time i opened the spotify app (on desktop at least, since it was easy enough to get at) with youtube i usually open a video in a incognito tab anytime im watching something random, otherwise it takes weeks of clicking "not interested" just to get rid of some recommendations. sad times

Post by rvz » Mon, Mar 28, 2022, 2:43 AM UTC

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> Do you want to back that up? A simple question: Where exactly are the robo-taxis that were promised in 2020 alongside with Level 5 FSD for release in 2019? [0]. [0] https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-autonomous-driving-lev...

Obviously Tesla lies or is insanely optimistic regarding timelines - but they have made some progress with automated driving.

Post by balls187 » Mon, Mar 28, 2022, 5:14 AM UTC

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Yes, to a certain extent--along with age comes wisdom and experience, which is likely what contributes to the lack of appeal tiktok has to older people. My parents did not understand why I got a tattoo when I was in high school; lucky for me, all mine are easily hidden.

Age doesn't guarantee wisdom. Kids today get tattoos on their face, they arn't trying to hide them. Which is to say. They are going to do things, new things, that don't make sense to us... Im not claiming to 'get it', but i get that they are going to do new stuff that confuses me. Older folks claiming to have wisdom, and shaking a finger at the kids is as old as history.