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  • HAL9001-5

    I never tried TikTok. I know what it is but never installed the app.

    Last weekend, I tried Youtube's Shorts section, its like TikTok.

    2 hours and a half. I stayed in there 2 hours and a half. And I practically forced myself to stop watching.

    These things are dangerous. I got hooked almost instantly.

    I can only imagine all the times people are spending on TikTok. Its a total waste! These things should be banned. Its dangerous to our society.

    • Come and see the violence inherent in the system.palimpsest
    • word of the year was "brain rot"
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    • Same on FB or Instagram with Reels... It pulls you in and eats your time.Longcopylover
    • I also noticed my body was frozen while watching these, i had to think to move position. Its nuts.HAL9001
    • I’m blown away by the idea that people now think it’s okay to record interactions with strangers and post them like this. So fucked up.monospaced
    • @mono LoL didn't know that's a thing. 2 kids approached me once and asked me if I knew what a npc is.uan
    • they got really nervous because I actually knew and I started to ask them questions about them.uan
    • I'm getting videos on instagram of boucy tits or accidents which will be soon banned (must watch). It's getting to the point where i'll have no social mediaIanbolton
    • it's called "TikTok" for a reason, your time is disappearing. And yeah, YT shorts is a mtf!mrAtor
    • Haha good point on the nameYakuZoku
    • TT algo is extremely aware more than any other social app, it creates a never-ending dopamine high going, dangerous is a stretch if you’re an adult, kids yesprophetone
    • I mean do we ban video games and heavy metal, rap music? This was the overreaction in 80s, people, they’re dangerous, our kids are gonna worship satan etcprophetone
    • I’ve noticed this too. It’s basically a slot machine to give you little dopamine hits in a quick loop.monNom
    • The dopamine-hijacking addictive-by-design element wasn't there in the 80s.mort_
    • found myself editing a lot of tiktok and shorts content recently. but yep youtube's algorithms actually seem a bit less addictive than tiktok...kingsteven
    • Facebook/ IG definitely seems like the most addictive, but could be they have more info on me. It's definitely gone too far, ended up deleting all my accountskingsteven
    • and setting up work accounts that can't hook me on an hour of things i don't even know I like... epoxy resin and home inspection videos? lol, sure.kingsteven
    • lol. I was checking out vintage pencil sharpeners yesterday. I have zero pencils.mort_
    • I disagree, the dopamine-hijacking addictive-by-design element was there when suddenly kids got Atari 2600s into their living roomsprophetone
    • It’s all they talked about at school w/ friends, besides bmx’ing in the woods, dungeons dragons, Farrah Fawcett posters... jogged home to play Vanguardprophetone
    • Just my personal experience lolprophetone
    • https://www.tiktok.c…palimpsest
    • I’ve never used TikTok before either, but Facebook has the reruns lol and I think it’s the same shit. So bad.monospaced
    • I saw a meme that said, do u use tiktok? "no, I wait for tiktok videos to be reposted on instagram a week later like an adult"cherub
    • ^hehemort_

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