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I've tried it a few times. Even ran an account for a project I do. I don't know. Maybe I'm not the right personality for this stuff but I found it annoying and

I've tried it a few times. Even ran an account for a project I do. I don't know. Maybe I'm not the right personality for this stuff but I found it annoying and taxing. Open it up and you get these obnoxious videos and then have to press a button to make them go away. The user-base and interaction is worthless and toxic. Lots of people love it so maybe I'm just too old. Perhaps they've "cracked some psychological secret" but I believe it's more likely they've replicated whatever makes pop music and television work for a lot of people. I have the same kind of distaste for those I have for tiktok. But good for them. Entertainment is important antidote to stress. Glad people like it

silisili 5y ago
I'm with you. I assumed it's because I'm older than the target demographic, but maybe it's just because I'm not a 'fun' person - don't sing or dance or party. My wife loved it to death, and I just found it incredibly annoying and overbearing even just hearing my wife play with it.
- mym1990 5y ago
  Haha please don't use your affinity to TikTok as a measuring stick for how 'fun' you are! Everyone is fun in their own ways, I'm sure you are a hoot.
somedude895 5y ago
> I found it annoying and taxing. You've managed to find the word I've been looking for to describe why I don't like TikTok. It feels taxing. It makes my head spin and after a couple minutes I feel exhausted. Maybe my brain's just too slow and sensitive.
kubb 5y ago
yea, it's incredibly annoying, and "cringe". the feed just doesn't give me anything interesting, or satisfying. i never felt good about using it, during or after. it's just not for me. i also hate that synthesized lady voice
theshrike79 5y ago
It'll learn. Just pulled up my tiktok account and what I got was: - A dude from Bermuda making food from the early 1900s: @bdylanhollis - A delivery guy who meets new dogs on his routes and befriends them: @christhedogguy - A woman who scratches her ass... donkey: @fortheloveofass - A dude who owns a septic company telling about his day: @wellandsepticlife - Random animal facts: @mndiaye_97 - Typesetting and printing: @sachistorymuseum You see the generic dancing crap and memes at first, but the system will learn pretty quickly.
- vmception 5y ago
  You ever get the CCP validating content like a guy teaching Mandarin in a fun way?
  - Thiez 5y ago
    So teaching Mandarin is validating the CCP? God forbid you take a tiny step outside your own culture and pick up the basics of a different language.
    - vmception 5y ago
      The comedy here is that if I only mentioned the mandarin teachers randomly showing up on the feed, someone would have mentioned the CCP involvement, when the reality is that I'm aware and don't care, so I tried to acknowledge the people that would care, but consensus has already shifted to defending the dopamine stream of TikTok That's rich
johnnyanmac 5y ago
>The user-base and interaction is worthless and toxic I argue that's most modern "social" media, not necessarily a unique point of tiktok. They want the creator to be the focus, not the community surrounding them. Comments are encouraged to keep short enough to keep engagement but not take that attention away, so you'll inevitably just get some shallow encouragement as "top comments". That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's not trying to be what HN is.
rchaud 5y ago
> it's more likely they've replicated whatever makes pop music and television work for a lot of people. This seems to be a good explanation. TV commercials have figured out some of these tricks, like using a louder volume than the TV show itself, or using a song that's a cover of a more famous, older song. I find it irritating, but it probably works because older viewers recognize the song and pay attention, while younger viewers mentally attach the cover version to the product being sold.

silisili 5y ago

I'm with you. I assumed it's because I'm older than the target demographic, but maybe it's just because I'm not a 'fun' person - don't sing or dance or party. My wife loved it to death, and I just found it incredibly annoying and overbearing even just hearing my wife play with it.

mym1990 5y ago
Haha please don't use your affinity to TikTok as a measuring stick for how 'fun' you are! Everyone is fun in their own ways, I'm sure you are a hoot.

somedude895 5y ago

> I found it annoying and taxing. You've managed to find the word I've been looking for to describe why I don't like TikTok. It feels taxing. It makes my head spin and after a couple minutes I feel exhausted. Maybe my brain's just too slow and sensitive.

kubb 5y ago

yea, it's incredibly annoying, and "cringe". the feed just doesn't give me anything interesting, or satisfying. i never felt good about using it, during or after. it's just not for me. i also hate that synthesized lady voice

theshrike79 5y ago

It'll learn. Just pulled up my tiktok account and what I got was: - A dude from Bermuda making food from the early 1900s: @bdylanhollis - A delivery guy who meets new dogs on his routes and befriends them: @christhedogguy - A woman who scratches her ass... donkey: @fortheloveofass - A dude who owns a septic company telling about his day: @wellandsepticlife - Random animal facts: @mndiaye_97 - Typesetting and printing: @sachistorymuseum You see the generic dancing crap and memes at first, but the system will learn pretty quickly.

vmception 5y ago
You ever get the CCP validating content like a guy teaching Mandarin in a fun way?
- Thiez 5y ago
  So teaching Mandarin is validating the CCP? God forbid you take a tiny step outside your own culture and pick up the basics of a different language.
  - vmception 5y ago
    The comedy here is that if I only mentioned the mandarin teachers randomly showing up on the feed, someone would have mentioned the CCP involvement, when the reality is that I'm aware and don't care, so I tried to acknowledge the people that would care, but consensus has already shifted to defending the dopamine stream of TikTok That's rich

johnnyanmac 5y ago

>The user-base and interaction is worthless and toxic I argue that's most modern "social" media, not necessarily a unique point of tiktok. They want the creator to be the focus, not the community surrounding them. Comments are encouraged to keep short enough to keep engagement but not take that attention away, so you'll inevitably just get some shallow encouragement as "top comments". That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's not trying to be what HN is.

rchaud 5y ago

> it's more likely they've replicated whatever makes pop music and television work for a lot of people. This seems to be a good explanation. TV commercials have figured out some of these tricks, like using a louder volume than the TV show itself, or using a song that's a cover of a more famous, older song. I find it irritating, but it probably works because older viewers recognize the song and pay attention, while younger viewers mentally attach the cover version to the product being sold.