Same experience here. Maybe TikTok appeals more to teenagers who have an underdeveloped sense of self. I remember at that age conflating popularity with accura

Same experience here. Maybe TikTok appeals more to teenagers who have an underdeveloped sense of self. I remember at that age conflating popularity with accuracy and authority. Now when I watch TikTok it's just an exercise in frustration that nothing is cited and it's all about presentation over substance. And that's when the algorithm isn't showing me strange videos in a desperate attempt to keep my attention, a la spiderman/elsa YouTube mashups of yore.