• GodlessCommie
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    012 hours ago

    Why is it terrible? Have you ever even been on it? Most people I’ve encountered that say it’s terrible or it’s brain rot or something along those lines have never even been on it, they’re simply parroting what they’ve heard other people say

    • @[email protected]
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      110 hours ago

      Where do I begin:

      1. China has more-or-less direct control over the app, and China is an enemy of the US
      2. extensive tracking
      3. it’s designed specifically to be addictive instead of beneficial

      Other SM apps do 2 and 3, but that doesn’t mean TikTok is okay, it means those other apps are also terrible.

      • @Maggoty
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        38 hours ago

        Where’s the evidence then?

    • Pazintach
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      212 hours ago

      I’ve seen people scrolling on it their whole time on public transportations on materials worse than the worst of TV commercials, like they were in a trance. I know people who using it for at lease an hour every day before bed, and admitting they don’t know what they get from it, just boredom. From what I know, it’s like brainwashing for people who don’t know what to do with their lives.

      • GodlessCommie
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        69 hours ago

        So you have your nose so far up in their business you know exactly what app they’re watching and what type of materials they’re consuming? I’m going to wager none of the things that you just claimed you’ve ever witnessed

        • Pazintach
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          -27 hours ago

          Why, don’t you know there’s a thing called observation?

          • GodlessCommie
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            26 hours ago

            There’s also this thing called making the shit up

            • Pazintach
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              06 hours ago

              Looks like where your heart truly belong is Mao’s China or Stalin’s Russia. You’ve commented quite a lot of things.

      • @Maggoty
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        38 hours ago

        They could listen to a Joe Rogan podcast the exact same way. They’re on public transport, what the fuck else are they going to do but look at their phone or listen to something with headphones?

        • Pazintach
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          26 hours ago

          I have to admit, you are right. If there is nothing been stuffed into their minds, most people really don’t know what to do with themselves, just like Montag’s wife from Fahrenheit 451. But there are differences between actively seek something you interested in than going blank and let the algorithms do the job for you. I thought people in Fediserse mostly against the idea of the latter. Otherwise, you will go to Tiktok or something.

          • @Maggoty
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            16 hours ago

            Once you’ve spent some time the algorithm learns what you like. For example my feed is a lot of indie music, civil rights, and table top role-playing stuff. Once it gets enough information on the stuff you like you don’t really need to do more than swipe past the ads.

    • @Tikiporch
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      112 hours ago

      How do you know heroin is bad for you? Have you tried it? You can’t say it’s bad unless you’ve tried it.