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Why would you use TikTok for private communications anyway? It's mostly a public short video sharing platform.
by ronsor 8mo ago
Why would you use TikTok for private communications anyway? It's mostly a public short video sharing platform.
- adventured 8mo agoYou say that like the typical 18 year old has any idea what they're doing when it comes to proper encryption and communication safety. That is never going to be the case. It's a communication channel attached to the most popular social network for young people. Obviously they're going to use it a lot. They use it for the extreme convenience.
- g947o 8mo agoSays someone who has never sent a message to a friend over DM on TikTok.
- knallfrosch 8mo agoExactly.
- Barbing 8mo agoHopefully
- navigate8310 8mo agoThankfully
- halapro 8mo agoIt's the kids' social network, you're just old.
- wiseowise 8mo ago> you just have intact brain Fixed a bit.
- huflungdung 8mo ago[dead]
- LambdaComplex 8mo agoAs much as I want to agree with you, the people who like TikTok make up a significant amount of the population, and their opinions do matter--arguably more than yours, due to sheer numbers. Smugly dismissing them doesn't do you any favors except for making you feel good about yourself for a few seconds.
- wiseowise 8mo agoYou’d be surprised how many people don’t give a shit about TikTok. It’s just another blip in history like Facebook, Instagram, Vine, MySpace and others before them.
- gzread 8mo agoAll of those were extremely influential and half of them had enough power to select a president.
- tedd4u 8mo agoRegarding "why care." It's where a shockingly large portion of voters and adults get their "news." • 43% of US 18-29 year olds regularly get news on TikTok • Half of US adults get news on TikTok, 1 in 5 US "regularly" do so • This is 2 points less than Twitter and two points more than Facebook Data from Pew Research (Sep 2025): https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/09/25/1-in-5-americans-now-regularly-get-news-on-tiktok-up-sharply-from-2020/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/09/25/1-in-5-am...
- asveikau 8mo agoThe way it starts is you pass videos back and forth with a friend. Then you find yourself chatting in the same app. I'm mindful that it's less secure than other apps, but for a lot of chats it doesn't matter.
- m00dy 8mo agoit's more than that.