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Aside the whole Sinophobia, I used and summarily quit TikTok because it was too good at what it aimed to do. I found myself binging for an hour here and there
by tarotuser 4y ago
Aside the whole Sinophobia, I used and summarily quit TikTok because it was too good at what it aimed to do.
I found myself binging for an hour here and there inanely scrolling/watching/scrolling ad absurdum. It was self-retrospection that I decided to remove the app and be done.
- movedx 4y agoI think a lot of people come to this conclusion eventually. I was just in England visiting family, and my mother even said she's going to cut down on TikTok after 7pm as she's getting home from work and just wasting her evenings on it.
- MuffinFlavored 4y agoAnd yet here you are on HN (like me) wasting that same precious time...
- tarotuser 4y agoHN doesn't forcefeed custom tailored content in a never-ending stream. In fact, HN has optional account limiting functions to keep from the Tiktok-ification.
- SpeedilyDamage 4y agoSinophobia would be an irrational fear, but TikTok represents a credible threat.
- wavy-dingo 4y agoA credible threat to the monopoly status of homegrown social media in the US? A credible threat to end user’s privacy? Will they ban the other apps that have found to do similar scraping like Facebook or Amazon? A credible threat to the U.S. Government’s control over social media? Is that constitutional for a limited government?
- pipeline_peak 4y agoA credible threat to US’s privacy from a foreign government.
- joenot443 4y agoA credible threat of increased CCP ability to influence American society would be my guess.
- jimbo9991 4y agoYes, we should destroy those home grown social media threats as well. If I had my way Facebook and YouTube would not exist
- wkat4242 4y agoNot exist is a bit strong but "not exist as we know them" would be something I could get behind. I don't think social media are essentially bad. Just the monetisation model is, and the resulting incentive to constantly increase engagement through algorithms.
- SpeedilyDamage 4y agoA credible threat to the US Government's ability to self govern.
- amrocha 4y agoThe biggest threat to governments ability to self govern in the entire world is the US government, not TikTok or China
- SpeedilyDamage 4y agoSeems like a non sequitur, as it's wholly unrelated to whether or not TikTok could be used to threaten Americans by the Chinese government.
- 4y ago