Granted, TicTok is worse than cancer so technically speaking this is of course a "good" step. But I have such a distaste (or rather hatred) for this type of content (same with Shorts), that I still cannot feel good about it.
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Im guessing it's going to be missing all the features that make tiktok popular like duets and pedophilia.
Thanks for the uncomfortable chuckle.
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Maybe I'm just old, but I traveled by plane recently (I don't fly very often) and seeing everyone around me mindlessly scrolling short-form video content was shocking. Looked identical to the people in the space ship in WALL-E.
TikTok has 2 versions:
One is what we use. People mindlessly scroll brainrot contents with algorithm desinged to as addictive as possible.
Another one is chinese version. It has actualy useful and educative content, but its China only.
Regardless of whether the content is "useful and educative" or "brainrot", I just don't seem how you can comprehend rapidly-changing and very short content at all, this just seems unnatural. Is that how ADHD feels like? And not like you can get comprehensive knowledge from such bite-sized videos anyway, maximum disjointed factoids.
I don't think the national security risk from tiktok is people watching it while waiting an hour for the plane to actually take off.
it's from the clear boosting of propaganda.
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Instagram has been getting me with this. I like to post sometimes, but my friends and I recently compared our screen time stats and I couldn’t believe I was regularly wasting hours a day mindlessly scrolling IG. I uninstalled the app and will just occasionally post from my computer.
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Dude, it's the airport. It's boring as fuck.
Fair, but I traveled for a music festival and saw lots of people pulling up their phones to get a few hits of TikTok/insta when there was a small lull in action. And most of them were with friends. Just enjoy your surroundings.
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So are 10 second videos.
also not a fan of them, but people are enjoying it. so by definition it's not boring for them
Millions upon millions disagree. Some people are alcoholics and some people can enjoy a drink now and then. It's the same with short form video content. Not everyone is an addict and I like that I can search something and actually get answers instead of an article or 10 minute video begging for subscribers and 1/3 of the video being an intro.
For what it's worth, getting in the habit of making excuses for one's use is part of alcoholism.
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I'm glad there's still a place left for us old curmudgeons that isn't overrun by normies yet. i saw somebody suggest hosting things on tor, just for the purpose of keeping normies away from it. hilarious but probably would work great!
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short-form looping video
What about regular videos?
PeerTube?
They don't have to sell or provide videos to third parties, because they can just do it themselves.
That's the nature of actual federation. It's not private.
We are literally training the future AI that will suppress mankind by our social media chats.
Nice.
But they will have a mean onion dip recipe
The cruel age of the onion dip will sear agony upon not just our souls, but our eyes and nostrils.
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