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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just wanted to note that while I don't think DCUM is a healthy habit, I think of it as distinctly different from TikTok or Instagram, where you just scroll photos or short videos. There is something hypnotic about those apps where you get sucked in and nothing of any substance happens but it's like they numb your brain. I think the effect is actually disturbingly similar to drug use.

DCUM is a time suck and can be addictive, but I do have actual conversations on here and I am engaged with it. It's also almost entirely text base, and the clunky interface is actually a positive. I don't think my DCUM use is great, but I don't think it's damaging on the same level that obsessively scrolling TikTok or IG Stories is.[/quote] Have you actually  ever been on TikTok?  I think it’s the most interactive of them all.  For example, I follow a dog trainer.  He goes live several times a week and he shows you all the techniques he uses with his board and train dogs, in real time.  You can actually watch him take a dog  from the first few days it arrives through its final days with him (he does board and train).  You can ask him questions in the chat and he will answer and also demonstrate with whatever dog he’s working with at the time. And there’s lots of conversation that happens with others in the live chat.  As a first time dog owner I’m so glad I found his page, I have used several of his techniques and suggestions on my own dog, including teaching some fun tricks. He’s located in Atlanta, so I’d have no access to him otherwise. That’s just one example. I also follow a SAHM whose content is cooking. She goes live most Friday nights and cooks a meal. Her following is huge so it’s not as easy to interact with her because there’s too many people watching her lives and posting in the comments, but I’ve made several of her recipes. She’s funny and relatable because her husband and two young kids are often in the background carrying on in a very regular and normal way.  None of that fake, perfect aesthetic, perfect kids, perfect home nonsense. Sure there’s a toxic and disturbing side of TikTok, just like any other social media site. Not sure why people think that’s the only content. I get why people don’t like social media in general and stay away from it, and for TikTok specifically I get why people are uncomfortable because of the China aspect of it, but some of these criticisms make no sense.  [/quote]

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