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I noticed popular accounts on tiktok are repeatedly doing one specific thing memeticly in their videos because a previous video of it had gained traction. There

I noticed popular accounts on tiktok are repeatedly doing one specific thing memeticly in their videos because a previous video of it had gained traction. There are probably healthy examples like dancing, but I imagine there's a lot of negative psychological impacts from having your identity being so singular and directly rooted in providing entertainment for others

JonathanMerklin 4y ago
"Having your identity be singular and directly rooted in providing entertainment for others" is true of professional athletes. Comedians. Magicians. Writers. s/entertainment/value/ , it's true of software engineers. Plumbers. Construction workers. Homemakers. Traders. Find what you love and let it kill you.
zwkrt 4y ago
Am I a human or am I a brand? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hubrandity https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hubrandity https://youtu.be/rPHK494AUxE https://youtu.be/rPHK494AUxE
- barrenko 4y ago
  What is a human but an idea.
s3000 4y ago
It's a limit of the platform. If a creator has found 'product market fit' it's obvious that they want to produce more. The problem is that they have to limit themselves to the same content unless they want their account to be deranked by videos that are not equally desired by their audience. The platforms should offer a granular way to influence the algorithm, e.g. creators could mark their videos 'onbrand' and 'offbrand'.
jmkd 4y ago
This is what humans in groups do, have always done, and there's nothing wrong with it. It's like a group sitting around a campfire each taking their turn to make joke, sing a song, do a dance, be profound and have others try out the same thing and take it further until the next new idea pops up. It's lovely.
lm28469 4y ago
> There are probably healthy examples like dancing (almost) None are healthy since their motivation isn't healthy in the first place. It's just triggering our monkey brain part which seeks attention, the problem is that it was never designed to be world wide scale, you end up with an army of mimics doing the most random shit ever for internet points, 99% of it being either useless or borderline pornography

JonathanMerklin 4y ago

"Having your identity be singular and directly rooted in providing entertainment for others" is true of professional athletes. Comedians. Magicians. Writers. s/entertainment/value/ , it's true of software engineers. Plumbers. Construction workers. Homemakers. Traders. Find what you love and let it kill you.

zwkrt 4y ago

Am I a human or am I a brand? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hubrandity https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hubrandity https://youtu.be/rPHK494AUxE https://youtu.be/rPHK494AUxE

barrenko 4y ago
What is a human but an idea.

s3000 4y ago

It's a limit of the platform. If a creator has found 'product market fit' it's obvious that they want to produce more. The problem is that they have to limit themselves to the same content unless they want their account to be deranked by videos that are not equally desired by their audience. The platforms should offer a granular way to influence the algorithm, e.g. creators could mark their videos 'onbrand' and 'offbrand'.

jmkd 4y ago

This is what humans in groups do, have always done, and there's nothing wrong with it. It's like a group sitting around a campfire each taking their turn to make joke, sing a song, do a dance, be profound and have others try out the same thing and take it further until the next new idea pops up. It's lovely.

lm28469 4y ago

> There are probably healthy examples like dancing (almost) None are healthy since their motivation isn't healthy in the first place. It's just triggering our monkey brain part which seeks attention, the problem is that it was never designed to be world wide scale, you end up with an army of mimics doing the most random shit ever for internet points, 99% of it being either useless or borderline pornography