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The lanyard class is really hitting the yellow peril button really hard. How about "Commercial Media Feeds Everyone a Diet of Darkness"?

namaria 3y ago
I'm confused, how is Tiktok not a part of 'commercial media'?
- ok123456 3y ago
  Yes it is. But so is every TV station and commercial internet platform. TikTok can at least show you videos of dogs and educational content. Cable news can only sell you fear and reinforce your biases to optimize their earnings. Adult children who have parents who have been consumed by cable news know this all too well.
  - namaria 3y ago
    This is a false dichotomy. There are many choices other then tiktok or any brand of 'cable news'. Mainstream media is huge and has many different biases. And if you think anything on a short videos entertainment platform is educating you, I feel like you should have a higher standard for education.
    - ok123456 3y ago
      It's not a false dichotomy. I picked cable news as an example of other forms of commercial media. It's also a form of commercial media that drives the alienation and polarization of everyone nearing or at retirement age. A well made 1.5-3 minute video on TikTok can be very educational. It seems that a lot of people are invested in this bizarre idea that TikTok is a kind of Manchurian Candidate app that brain washes tweens with dance videos, when the reality is that a lot of the more established media is much more corrosive and carefully constructed to manufacture consent.
      - namaria 3y ago
        >cable news >can be very educational. At least as much as short videos someone recorded on their phone >TikTok (is) >also a form of commercial media that drives the alienation and polarization of everyone (consuming it) Works both ways. I'm not defending cable news, or any form of mainstream media. I'm not sure why you think TikTok deserves being defended. It's been shown to harvest very worrying bits of its users' private lives and send it to servers under the tutelage of a totalitarian State.
        ok123456 3y ago
        > At least as much as short videos someone recorded on their phone You can upload any video. It doesn't need to be recorded on a phone. > Works both ways. No. I've witnessed firsthand loved ones losing their grasp of reality by consuming cable news non-stop, all day. TikTok doesn't even come close.
        namaria 3y ago
        It's not the tvs fault people you like found an excuse to be outwardly racist and xenophobic. What's next, videogames make you violent?

namaria 3y ago

I'm confused, how is Tiktok not a part of 'commercial media'?

ok123456 3y ago
Yes it is. But so is every TV station and commercial internet platform. TikTok can at least show you videos of dogs and educational content. Cable news can only sell you fear and reinforce your biases to optimize their earnings. Adult children who have parents who have been consumed by cable news know this all too well.
- namaria 3y ago
  This is a false dichotomy. There are many choices other then tiktok or any brand of 'cable news'. Mainstream media is huge and has many different biases. And if you think anything on a short videos entertainment platform is educating you, I feel like you should have a higher standard for education.
  - ok123456 3y ago
    It's not a false dichotomy. I picked cable news as an example of other forms of commercial media. It's also a form of commercial media that drives the alienation and polarization of everyone nearing or at retirement age. A well made 1.5-3 minute video on TikTok can be very educational. It seems that a lot of people are invested in this bizarre idea that TikTok is a kind of Manchurian Candidate app that brain washes tweens with dance videos, when the reality is that a lot of the more established media is much more corrosive and carefully constructed to manufacture consent.
    - namaria 3y ago
      >cable news >can be very educational. At least as much as short videos someone recorded on their phone >TikTok (is) >also a form of commercial media that drives the alienation and polarization of everyone (consuming it) Works both ways. I'm not defending cable news, or any form of mainstream media. I'm not sure why you think TikTok deserves being defended. It's been shown to harvest very worrying bits of its users' private lives and send it to servers under the tutelage of a totalitarian State.
      - ok123456 3y ago
        > At least as much as short videos someone recorded on their phone You can upload any video. It doesn't need to be recorded on a phone. > Works both ways. No. I've witnessed firsthand loved ones losing their grasp of reality by consuming cable news non-stop, all day. TikTok doesn't even come close.
        namaria 3y ago
        It's not the tvs fault people you like found an excuse to be outwardly racist and xenophobic. What's next, videogames make you violent?