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> TikTok is perhaps the most impressively addictive gambling app ever created. > Geopolitics aside, I think everyone is kind of aware that gambling is a vice,
by dizzant 2y ago
> TikTok is perhaps the most impressively addictive gambling app ever created.
> Geopolitics aside, I think everyone is kind of aware that gambling is a vice, and like it or not, this could just be the beginning of our society beginning to scrutinize these platforms.
Not really. TikTok isn't a gambling app.
- iaseiadit 2y agoThe comparison here is a slot machine: you pay a a few to play, you pull the lever to play, you win a prize. Here, the payment is your attention, you swipe to the next video to play the game, and the prize if you land on a good video is a small hit of dopamine.
- cratermoon 2y agoIt's a variable reward dopamine hit generator.
- redwall_hp 2y agoEveryone's losing their collective mind about people watching videos on a platform not approved by our oligarchs, while there's an epidemic of people racking up gambling debt from the sudden prevalence of DraftKings and other mobile sports betting apps.
- root-user 2y agoAt least in circles I frequent, people are pretty upset with the state of sports betting too. Feels like lots of things are pretty crappy these days, simultaneously
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoThere can be more than one bad thing at a time.