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Funny enough, I just watched a Tiktok video that made think the literal opposite of this. For reference, it's this jwilliamsj guy, a young black man absolutely
by jrm4 3y ago
Funny enough, I just watched a Tiktok video that made think the literal opposite of this.
For reference, it's this jwilliamsj guy, a young black man absolutely eviscerating another guy's explanation of "Why we shouldn't use the n-word."
It was amazing. A methodical, with references, academic breakdown of another persons (arguably terrible) idea. In 5 minutes and entertaining.
I don't know y'all. Tiktok is made of people. And while I'm often astounded at the sheer inanity of most of it, I also can't help but see that the lack of a "corporate filter" is definitely bringing some quality -- or at least experimentation -- the likes of which we haven't seen and may really be a counter to e.g. this whole SAG strike thing (which is to say, oh no you mean now Gladiator 2 and Deadpool 3 will come out slightly later? so sad)
- rTX5CMRXIfFG 3y agoHow easy it is for people to believe the absence of what they cannot see
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- gruez 3y agoRight, but article isn't arguing every video on tiktok is "a vast wasteland" (ie. "from vapid and violent programing to the clamor of endless commercial breaks"), just that it's the predominant content format. The fact that there's one well researched video doesn't really contradict that.
- jrm4 3y agoBut it seems to aggressively miss the possibility of: "The kids now use and understand the language of 'television', whereas before only 'television' did. The power of attention is on balanced more democratized, and even though it seems weird and crass, it may usher in a new way to 'talk about the world.'"
- red-iron-pine 3y agoa needle in a haystack. the motivated and eloquent were going to make those points regardless of if its on the Tok, Youtube, or radio. democratizing it means that for every erudite point there will be 100 others. half of them will be q-anon or shitposts about kanye west's wife's new outfit
- jrm4 3y agoI don't disagree, and yet I still think that might be better than what we could have -- or had -- without it. I get a clue from cable and over the air TV? A million cop shows, stupid reality tv, the occasional good public tv thing. Ratio seems similar.
- PurpleRamen 3y ago> A methodical, with references, academic breakdown of another persons (arguably terrible) idea. In 5 minutes and entertaining. Did you check the references? And how long did you thought about the arguments? How much did you invest into finding flaws in them? Because this is a big problem with entertaining content and especially TikToks hyperfast attention-mill. While something can appear good in the moment of consumption, it doesn't mean this actually is true. And TikTok doesn't give you much time until the next topic high jacks your mind and pushes your attention somewhere else. This can be very dangerous..
- jrm4 3y agoIt's a topic I'm already intimately familiar with, enough that I'm quite comfortable being the evaluator here. And he did a very good job.