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TikTok is not the future we want
- ziddoap 7y ago>Since my boyfriend is a Twitter influencer I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I read this line. I don't know if I will ever get used to seeing/hearing sentences about being a "<insert social media> influencer", although I'm sure plenty of them make great livings. >We live in a country where most kids would rather be YouTubers than astronauts. I've been seeing this thrown around all over the place lately and can't help but point out that no one has determined that kids don't want to be astronauts in favor of being an influencer. It's not like the choice is astronaut vs. influencer. Maybe more kids want to be doctors, data analysts, programmers, etc. Causation vs. correlation, and all that. >It’s sad and absurd. But it’s a fact: Instead of aspiring to become astronauts, future generations of America would rather go viral on TikTok Again, where is the evidence that kids want to go viral on TikTok instead of being an astronaut? More kids want to be influencers, less want to be astronauts. Doesn't mean the two trends are related. >This is one of many reasons why I’m so passionate about TruStory. Oh, oops. This is just an ad.