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Attention is zero-sum. If TikTok is winning, someone else is losing. TikTok now is what Facebook was 10 years ago.

• n0tth3dro1ds 4y ago
  Smartphone attention is not zero sum. Average daily usage could increase with some novel super-addictive app or platform. Smartphone usage probably went up during the pandemic.
  • stevenjgarner 4y ago
    "The pandemic boosted global (smartphone) data consumption by more than 30 per cent in 2020" [0] [0] https://theprint.in/tech/the-covid-19-pandemic-has-led-to-an-increase-in-smartphone-data-usage-here-is-how-much/715615/ https://theprint.in/tech/the-covid-19-pandemic-has-led-to-an...
  • goldorak 4y ago
    "Average daily usage could increase" And at some point you just need to increase the hours in a day...
• seanmcdirmid 4y ago
  Facebook is where my older relatives social network. As soon as it became a place where people over 40 went, it lost its appeal to the young people that Facebook is really after.
  • astrange 4y ago
    It's not just that the people over 40 are on it, it's that your grandmother comes and leaves confused comments about unrelated topics on your friend's posts.
  • permo-w 4y ago
    this is why they bought instagram