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What is a "main information network?" Are websites ok? Podcasts?

by dtjb 4y ago

boomchinolo78 4y ago
I don't think you realize how widespread Tiktok usage is. I can reliably predict what Tiktok users will talk about in social events just by a few minutes of browsing that week's top.
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- dtjb 4y ago
  What line has TikTok crossed, specifically? Is it just the content? Global reach? Data governance? User count? I too can predict conversation topics based on what's trending in Twitter. But Twitter is now owned (in part) by investors representing foreign interests, including KSA [1]. Recent editorial changes at Twitter have amplified "unamerican" rhetoric [2]. Does Twitter cross the same lines as TikTok? Any "solution" that bans TikTok would leave behind a far-reaching precedent, one that is completely ineffective at dealing with the core problem. Trying to stand up a virtual iron curtain won't sit well with an american userbase that's accustomed to choosing the content they want. Also, if there's one thing you can do to make young people more captivated and curious about something - make it forbidden. [1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-to-maintain-twitter-stake https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-hol... [2] https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zm9q/elon-musk-twitter-nazis-white-supremacy https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zm9q/elon-musk-twitter-naz...
- posterboy 4y ago
  Because by association you are receiving the same recommendations. I doubt that this is true over heterogenic, random assemblies.
maria2 4y ago
TikTok has 138 million MAU (in the U.S.) and the average TikTok user spend 95 minutes per day in the app. I'm unaware of a podcast that has that type of reach. Source: https://wallaroomedia.com/blog/social-media/tiktok-statistics/ https://wallaroomedia.com/blog/social-media/tiktok-statistic...
- Mountain_Skies 4y ago
  Joe Rogan's podcast probably comes close, with multiple three hour or more episodes each week, though he does take breaks, which TikTok does not.
  - maria2 4y ago
    His podcast gets around 11 million listeners, so off by over an order of magnitude.

What is a "main information network?" Are websites ok? Podcasts?

by dtjb 4y ago

What is a "main information network?" Are websites ok? Podcasts?

I don't think you realize how widespread Tiktok usage is. I can reliably predict what Tiktok users will talk about in social events just by a few minutes of browsing that week's top.

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dtjb 4y ago
What line has TikTok crossed, specifically? Is it just the content? Global reach? Data governance? User count? I too can predict conversation topics based on what's trending in Twitter. But Twitter is now owned (in part) by investors representing foreign interests, including KSA [1]. Recent editorial changes at Twitter have amplified "unamerican" rhetoric [2]. Does Twitter cross the same lines as TikTok? Any "solution" that bans TikTok would leave behind a far-reaching precedent, one that is completely ineffective at dealing with the core problem. Trying to stand up a virtual iron curtain won't sit well with an american userbase that's accustomed to choosing the content they want. Also, if there's one thing you can do to make young people more captivated and curious about something - make it forbidden. [1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-to-maintain-twitter-stake https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-hol... [2] https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zm9q/elon-musk-twitter-nazis-white-supremacy https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zm9q/elon-musk-twitter-naz...
posterboy 4y ago
Because by association you are receiving the same recommendations. I doubt that this is true over heterogenic, random assemblies.

maria2 4y ago

TikTok has 138 million MAU (in the U.S.) and the average TikTok user spend 95 minutes per day in the app. I'm unaware of a podcast that has that type of reach. Source: https://wallaroomedia.com/blog/social-media/tiktok-statistics/ https://wallaroomedia.com/blog/social-media/tiktok-statistic...

Mountain_Skies 4y ago
Joe Rogan's podcast probably comes close, with multiple three hour or more episodes each week, though he does take breaks, which TikTok does not.
- maria2 4y ago
  His podcast gets around 11 million listeners, so off by over an order of magnitude.