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I have learned a lot, like, a lot a lot, from tiktok. I devolve to simple fun, but some stuff sticks. I've also learned about political corruption and breaking

I have learned a lot, like, a lot a lot, from tiktok. I devolve to simple fun, but some stuff sticks. I've also learned about political corruption and breaking news. I think that lots of people find similar value in addition to cat videos and dance offs.

bilsbie 2y ago
I don’t know how I feel. It’s probably 90% complete waste of my life, 5% educational, and 5% completely life changing. Overall worth it but kind of like panning for gold I guess. Maybe that’s why it’s addictive.
- bbconn 2y ago
  Care to share some life changing Tiktok videos?
  - spiderfarmer 2y ago
    With hundreds of videos watched per month and 5% of them being life changing, your life would change an awful lot.
    - sethammons 2y ago
      I wont quote the 5% number, but I have changed multiple ways of doing things in my (daily!) life from tiktok: how i tie my shoes and a bunch of other knots, how I prepare some of my daily food like eggs and potatoes has changed, how I interact with my phone (unknown shortcuts and features). I literally can't enumerate all the things I have learned and used. Two weeks ago, I had to pull a t-post out of the ground and I used a technique I saw a week or two earlier and it made it so damn easy.
  - bilsbie 2y ago
    It’s hard to remember here are a few off the top of my head: Pete Holmes God is nothing. Supposed to be comedy but really clicked for me. A couple series where people just strike up conversations with strangers. It started to feel normalized after a while and I started doing it in my own life. Maybe not life changing but a pickleball tip on something I’d been struggling with that finally made it click. (Judging which balls are going out) There are lots of other things but those jump out at me.
- sseagull 2y ago
  It’s a well-known part of psychology/operant conditioning and almost certainly done on purpose (to keep you addicted). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement#Intermittent_reinforcement_schedules https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement#Intermittent_r...
  - roncesvalles 2y ago
    It's akin to slot-machine gambling. Once in a while you strike gold (a genuinely useful or entertaining post), so you keep pulling the lever, over and over.
phito 2y ago
> I've also learned about political corruption and breaking news I uh... don't think that's a great place to get that kind of information
- sethammons 2y ago
  Why? A city council member was removed for good reason. A get updates from a congressman on tiktok, even though he voted for the ban. I first learned of the attempted Trump assassination on tiktok, way before it was anywhere on any news site. I have also heard propaganda. I try to look into things as it makes sense. Someone says something odd or enough videos come my way that I look more into something. What I absolutely do not trust is any single source, especially any single big publication. Gell-Manning effect.
slightwinder 2y ago
Now the question is, how much of that what you learned is actually true.. Do you check back with reliable sources from outside TikTok?

bilsbie 2y ago

I don’t know how I feel. It’s probably 90% complete waste of my life, 5% educational, and 5% completely life changing. Overall worth it but kind of like panning for gold I guess. Maybe that’s why it’s addictive.

bbconn 2y ago
Care to share some life changing Tiktok videos?
- spiderfarmer 2y ago
  With hundreds of videos watched per month and 5% of them being life changing, your life would change an awful lot.
  - sethammons 2y ago
    I wont quote the 5% number, but I have changed multiple ways of doing things in my (daily!) life from tiktok: how i tie my shoes and a bunch of other knots, how I prepare some of my daily food like eggs and potatoes has changed, how I interact with my phone (unknown shortcuts and features). I literally can't enumerate all the things I have learned and used. Two weeks ago, I had to pull a t-post out of the ground and I used a technique I saw a week or two earlier and it made it so damn easy.
- bilsbie 2y ago
  It’s hard to remember here are a few off the top of my head: Pete Holmes God is nothing. Supposed to be comedy but really clicked for me. A couple series where people just strike up conversations with strangers. It started to feel normalized after a while and I started doing it in my own life. Maybe not life changing but a pickleball tip on something I’d been struggling with that finally made it click. (Judging which balls are going out) There are lots of other things but those jump out at me.
sseagull 2y ago
It’s a well-known part of psychology/operant conditioning and almost certainly done on purpose (to keep you addicted). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement#Intermittent_reinforcement_schedules https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement#Intermittent_r...
- roncesvalles 2y ago
  It's akin to slot-machine gambling. Once in a while you strike gold (a genuinely useful or entertaining post), so you keep pulling the lever, over and over.

phito 2y ago

> I've also learned about political corruption and breaking news I uh... don't think that's a great place to get that kind of information

sethammons 2y ago
Why? A city council member was removed for good reason. A get updates from a congressman on tiktok, even though he voted for the ban. I first learned of the attempted Trump assassination on tiktok, way before it was anywhere on any news site. I have also heard propaganda. I try to look into things as it makes sense. Someone says something odd or enough videos come my way that I look more into something. What I absolutely do not trust is any single source, especially any single big publication. Gell-Manning effect.

slightwinder 2y ago

Now the question is, how much of that what you learned is actually true.. Do you check back with reliable sources from outside TikTok?