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The only new part of that behavior is the platform upon which it's being displayed and how more readily available it is to everyone. If you removed Gen z/TikTo
by dabbz 3y ago
The only new part of that behavior is the platform upon which it's being displayed and how more readily available it is to everyone.
If you removed Gen z/TikTok from that sentence. I'd have thought you were talking about millenials and MySpace/Facebook/Instagram. Before that I'd have thought you were talking about Gen X/Millenials and MTV. Before that News Papers, the news, and TV shows before that. It's human nature to want to flash success (even if faked), and sex has always sold. Nothing new here.
- nodesocket 3y agoCorrect this has been around forever, but TikTok, Instagram, OnlyFans have made everybody feel like they are important (exponential amplification). Average people now can make absurd amounts of money and fame by being the most flashy, bombastic, and slutty. Morally bankrupting its users. I am a staunch free speech proponent, but I do have serious concerns with the mental wellbeing of young people (in my forties) due to these platforms.
- 8note 3y agoThat is how only fans is selling itself, but most people aren't making bank, and the ones who are, are generally running a business where they're paying people to do all the "engagement" related stuff. The higher paid folks are models who are also business owners. It's just modeling without "talent agencies" being gatekeepers on who can be a model