TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants
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TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants
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#2I have mixed feelings about this. For all their fault, social media websites (e.g., fb) reflected our reality, but amplified the controversial parts to increase "engagement".
TikTok, OTOH, is shaping our reality by literally altering our culture. I'm not that old, but even 10 years ago, the concept of dancing in front of a camera on the street was odd, but now almost every teenager and college student does that. What worries me is the constant pressure to "conform" by TikTok which could potentially result in a generation of young people without real life skills.
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#3I have mixed feelings about this. For all their fault, social media websites (e.g., fb) reflected our reality, but amplified the controversial parts to increase "engagement". TikTok, OTOH, is shaping our reality by literally altering our culture. I'm not that old, but even 10 years ago, the concept of dancing in front of a camera on the street was odd, but now almost every teenager and college student does that. What…
In previous generations, other forms of popular culture filled the same role, and hordes of young kids conformed in exactly the same way. From the beats and hippies all the way to skate culture in the 00s. I'm sure my parents felt the same way about me skateboarding and wanting to buy crap at the mall.
Re: TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants
#4I have mixed feelings about this. For all their fault, social media websites (e.g., fb) reflected our reality, but amplified the controversial parts to increase "engagement". TikTok, OTOH, is shaping our reality by literally altering our culture. I'm not that old, but even 10 years ago, the concept of dancing in front of a camera on the street was odd, but now almost every teenager and college student does that. What…
Part of me feels relieved that TikTok will probably have faded by the time my small-ish children are teenagers. The other part of me fears what will replace it.
Re: TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants
#5I have mixed feelings about this. For all their fault, social media websites (e.g., fb) reflected our reality, but amplified the controversial parts to increase "engagement". TikTok, OTOH, is shaping our reality by literally altering our culture. I'm not that old, but even 10 years ago, the concept of dancing in front of a camera on the street was odd, but now almost every teenager and college student does that. What…
The same thing was happening with Instagram selfies in years past. It's not that different besides the fact that it is now animated.
Re: TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants
#6I have mixed feelings about this. For all their fault, social media websites (e.g., fb) reflected our reality, but amplified the controversial parts to increase "engagement". TikTok, OTOH, is shaping our reality by literally altering our culture. I'm not that old, but even 10 years ago, the concept of dancing in front of a camera on the street was odd, but now almost every teenager and college student does that. What…
At least there’s some creativity to it - making stuff vs. just doom scrolling ads and images.
I’d feel better if it wasn’t filtered by the CCP though.
Re: TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants
#7I have mixed feelings about this. For all their fault, social media websites (e.g., fb) reflected our reality, but amplified the controversial parts to increase "engagement". TikTok, OTOH, is shaping our reality by literally altering our culture. I'm not that old, but even 10 years ago, the concept of dancing in front of a camera on the street was odd, but now almost every teenager and college student does that. What…
> but now almost every teenager and college student does that
This is simply not true. There will always be people thirsting for attention and validation, chasing the latest fad; and there will always be people that don't. It's fine.
Re: TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants
#8I have mixed feelings about this. For all their fault, social media websites (e.g., fb) reflected our reality, but amplified the controversial parts to increase "engagement". TikTok, OTOH, is shaping our reality by literally altering our culture. I'm not that old, but even 10 years ago, the concept of dancing in front of a camera on the street was odd, but now almost every teenager and college student does that. What…
>TikTok, OTOH, is shaping our reality by literally altering our culture
that's in the nature of every technology. 20 years ago nobody took selfies, a hundred years ago nobody took pictures (probably, idk when people got cameras)
Honestly it's quite a leap from kids doing fortnite dances for likes to assume they fall off the wagon and attain no real life skills. I think that's just called getting old.
Re: TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants
#9I have mixed feelings about this. For all their fault, social media websites (e.g., fb) reflected our reality, but amplified the controversial parts to increase "engagement". TikTok, OTOH, is shaping our reality by literally altering our culture. I'm not that old, but even 10 years ago, the concept of dancing in front of a camera on the street was odd, but now almost every teenager and college student does that. What…
At least there’s some creativity to it - making stuff vs. just doom scrolling ads and images. I’d feel better if it wasn’t filtered by the CCP though.
Or used for profiling each person in a way Google and Facebook consider too intrusive. When the CCP calls, you give them what they want.
“Responds to videos of X stereotypes 30ms faster than the median, which corresponds to these following methods of political manipulation.”
Re: TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants
#10I have mixed feelings about this. For all their fault, social media websites (e.g., fb) reflected our reality, but amplified the controversial parts to increase "engagement". TikTok, OTOH, is shaping our reality by literally altering our culture. I'm not that old, but even 10 years ago, the concept of dancing in front of a camera on the street was odd, but now almost every teenager and college student does that. What…
>TikTok, OTOH, is shaping our reality by literally altering our culture that's in the nature of every technology. 20 years ago nobody took selfies, a hundred years ago nobody took pictures (probably, idk when people got cameras) Honestly it's quite a leap from kids doing fortnite dances for likes to assume they fall off the wagon and attain no real life skills. I think that's just called getting old.
> a hundred years ago nobody took pictures (probably, idk when people got cameras)
In the 1820s.