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>I don’t think we’re amusing ourselves to death. I’m not like that much of a pessimist. I do think life is also about enjoying the ride, not just about doing im
by newsgremlin 8y ago
>I don’t think we’re amusing ourselves to death. I’m not like that much of a pessimist. I do think life is also about enjoying the ride, not just about doing important things.
>And new mediums like TikTok, a kind of Twitter for videos, are great for creative expression. People are doing amazing little performance skits on TikTok.
Tiktok I see is just another trend, like Vines, Yikyak, possibly even Snapchat in the near future.
There are already plenty of platforms for creative expression, the problem is that young people cannot afford to express themselves, whether it's the digital paper trail that comes back to haunt them, being buried beneath other 'shock' and clickbait content, and the real-life pressures and expectations.
You don't see any social or political commentary on these platforms unless it's the latest "beef" between internet personalities. This is all for our amusement and docile nature.
- onorton 8y ago>Yikyak Funny, I had completely forgotten about it until you mentioned it even though it was popular at my university. In relation to trends, TikTok itself only became popular in the West when it merged with musical.ly, a very similar app. Those annoying YouTube ads for TikTok you might see replaced musical.ly ads. I remember wondering if they were the same product rebranded.