Social media is the scourge of this earth

Can someone please tell me what the big deal is *for average users,* (not creators/people who make money off of it), because you can just watch stuff on Instagram or YouTube? Who cares? So what?

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, so it went offline a day before Trump takes office and the message on the site reads, “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!”

And this somehow isn’t a giant effort to manipulate us politically?

Because they know people are too....to understand it is manipulating them as they get their high from watching stupid videos

Seriously we are done for as a country.
People will now beg to be manipulated.

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Anonymous wrote:This is Jax, a singer who made it big starting on TikTok. Her song charted and played on pop radio all last year. Her perspective on why TT is being banned in food for thought. She brings facts.

Okay this could have happened on YouTube as well. Wasn’t Justin Bieber first noticed on a YouTube video? And that singer with the Patti Labelle “Patti pies” singing its praises became a backup singer because of his YouTube breakout fandom singing about the pies. What was unique about tic toc that is making people lose their minds when there is concern about national security. I honestly don’t get it and nobody has been able to help me understand the angst.

The national security concerns are way overblown. If they were worried about China having access to information they would ban their shopping apps too. The olds in Congress don't understand any of this. This is about American social media companies not wanting the competition. And it is TikTok.

Not sure if you guys watched that entire video, but what the singer was talking about is how the same people in Congress who voted to ban TikTok have been investing heavily in Meta…..

I find Congress repulsive for many reasons including this, but if Tic Toc was not a Chinese government owned company and traded on the stock exchange, those corrupt congressmen and women would also have tic toc stock. The two bad behaviors are not equivalent.

Yup. Let's see how he helps those once in office

Anonymous wrote:I've never used TikTok. I do watch reels on Facebook and Instagram, which I know isn't the same but for me it does it. My 15yo DS doesn't either. He did for a while then we said no, so he uses Insta and YouTube. He could care less that it's banned and said all the creators will just pivot and nothing much will change for him. He's not a big social media user.

The attachment to social media with our youth is DISTURBING. A huge percentage of young kids aspire to be social media influencers when they grow up and legitimately believe this can happen. It's so sad. And now, when Trump comes in to save TikTok he'll gain loyalty among a whole new young demographic who is disenchanted, susceptible to influence, and not very bright. This is America!

Yep.

I've never used TikTok. I do watch reels on Facebook and Instagram, which I know isn't the same but for me it does it. My 15yo DS doesn't either. He did for a while then we said no, so he uses Insta and YouTube. He could care less that it's banned and said all the creators will just pivot and nothing much will change for him. He's not a big social media user.

The attachment to social media with our youth is DISTURBING. A huge percentage of young kids aspire to be social media influencers when they grow up and legitimately believe this can happen. It's so sad. And now, when Trump comes in to save TikTok he'll gain loyalty among a whole new young demographic who is disenchanted, susceptible to influence, and not very bright. This is America!

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Anonymous wrote:If you're old enough to remember using this instead of a remote control, you probably didn't use TikTok.

Lots of gen x and boomers (and even some silent gen) on TikTok. Some of the best creators in fact…

+1

Thank goodness Granny D is also on Insta.
https://www.instagram.com/grandma_droniak

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And being happy it's gone. Social media is destructive.

Gone? You need to fear what is coming next.

Anonymous wrote:If you're old enough to remember using this instead of a remote control, you probably didn't use TikTok.

Lots of gen x and boomers (and even some silent gen) on TikTok. Some of the best creators in fact…

Anonymous wrote:If you're old enough to remember using this instead of a remote control, you probably didn't use TikTok.

Are you posting from Sunrise?

Anonymous wrote:Wait, so it went offline a day before Trump takes office and the message on the site reads, “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!”

And this somehow isn’t a giant effort to manipulate us politically?

Because they know people are too....to understand it is manipulating them as they get their high from watching stupid videos

The experience on Instagram is no where near as nice as TikTok — insta has no pausing, no speeding up…. And the algorithm is not nearly as good. Plus, Zuckerberg made this happen. Don’t reward him.

I feel bad for a lot of the creators I followed. And I feel bad that now it will be even harder to understand the trends of the younger people.

I also know when it goes back up next week it’s going to be a mouth piece for the new admin and that scares the ish out of me.

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Anonymous wrote:Youtube Shorts is very similar.

Take a dance class or exercise dance class .

That can teach you moves to top songs, get you in shape, and make friends to go out to coffee or lunch with afterwards, or see a game together (college or professional sports game).

Much better than the TikTok challenge. Do ding ding ditch or caution tape a house if you want something stupid to do.

DP, but most people I know are scrolling when they have a little bit of downtime, but not enough time to do much else. I would scroll when I had like 10-15 min to kill, which isn’t long enough to go take a dance class and meet a friend for coffee. Or at night after the kids are down before DH and I hang out. I imagine this is the same way a lot of people use DCUM, so I’m not sure why you are lecturing TikTok users on here. Shouldn’t you be at an exercise class instead?

Also, a lot of the most social friends I have are on TikTok. It’s a form of communication and we send each other funny videos that reminds us of each other or touches on a topic we had just been talking about the last time we met up. And we all have jobs, families, exercise, meet up with friends, travel, etc. too, imagine that!

Anonymous wrote:In theory, my teen will have 6 hours of free time daily now.

That makes you a disengaged parent, at best.