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Of all the content on social media, I think TikTok is one that feels the best for me. YouTube videos are very often much longer than they need to be and devoid

by xmprt 4y ago

Of all the content on social media, I think TikTok is one that feels the best for me. YouTube videos are very often much longer than they need to be and devoid of information. Facebook isn't even worth mentioning. Instagram is mostly just friends and celebrities posting the best parts of their life and nothing worth discussing. TikTok content is short and typically pretty interesting. You can typically tell within the first 5 seconds whether the video is for you and unlike YouTube you don't have to sit through long introduction paragraphs or sponsorships. They also added a progress bar that you can scrub through so if a video seems longer than it needs to then you can skip through it to the interesting part. You just need to train your brain to put TikTok down instead of constantly scrolling which takes a little self control (but what in life doesn't?)

ZephyrBlu 4y ago
> You can typically tell within the first 5 seconds whether the video is for you You most definitely can't. The vast majority of TikTok's are extremely clickbait-y and entice you to watch till the end without you knowing if there will be a payoff. When I first started using TikTok I felt like I was constantly getting scammed of my time. I think TikTok is the worst social media platform. It's extremely easy to waste a large amount of time on it and come away with nothing.
- xmprt 4y ago
  > The vast majority of TikTok's are extremely clickbait-y and entice you to watch till the end without you knowing if there will be a payoff TikTok added a progress bar so you can skip to the end in those cases and save yourself the time now. Or, you can just scroll past those videos. Again, the reason they're clickbaity is because your brain thinks there's going to be a payoff, but if you train you brain to instantly scroll past those videos then you'll also train the algorithm to show less of those kinds of videos.

by xmprt 4y ago

ZephyrBlu 4y ago

> You can typically tell within the first 5 seconds whether the video is for you You most definitely can't. The vast majority of TikTok's are extremely clickbait-y and entice you to watch till the end without you knowing if there will be a payoff. When I first started using TikTok I felt like I was constantly getting scammed of my time. I think TikTok is the worst social media platform. It's extremely easy to waste a large amount of time on it and come away with nothing.

xmprt 4y ago
> The vast majority of TikTok's are extremely clickbait-y and entice you to watch till the end without you knowing if there will be a payoff TikTok added a progress bar so you can skip to the end in those cases and save yourself the time now. Or, you can just scroll past those videos. Again, the reason they're clickbaity is because your brain thinks there's going to be a payoff, but if you train you brain to instantly scroll past those videos then you'll also train the algorithm to show less of those kinds of videos.