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TikTok is not social media and can be used without 'engaging' with anyone, is an incredible useful feature to me.

• phatfish 5y ago
  I've never used TikTok, but that sounds nice. The "comment" section that has appeared under every piece of content on the internet in the last 10 years is the source of so much wasted effort and conflict it's truly depressing. If TikTok is breaking that pattern then it's a step in the right direction.
  • sltkr 5y ago
    ... he wrote, unironically, in the Hacker News comment section.
    • phatfish 5y ago
      True, however HN is designed for fair civil discussion. It comes down to the goals of the site owner. Do they want to create a community and moderate accordingly. Or is it simply a way to up the time-spent metric through readers having a peek to see how stupid the comments are, or not being able to resist throwing in their own two cents. I'm not suggesting I am any better that the average net user, I said "wasted effort" for a reason.