• REDACTED@infosec.pub
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 days ago

    It’s interesting how quickly all generations, platforms and… well, everyone stopped shitting on TikTok as one of the worst things for your brain.

    Still not installing it.

    • NotAnOtter@lemmus.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 days ago

      Still not installing it.

      I just really really want to know how long you have been and will be stating this as though anyone gives a fuuuuuck

        • NotAnOtter@lemmus.org
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          2 days ago

          Love & hate are sides of the same coin. Don’t mistake my agitation for the admiration you are seeking.

          • REDACTED@infosec.pub
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            1 day ago

            Love & hate are sides of the same coin

            What a weird thing to say.

            Don’t mistake my agitation for the admiration you are seeking.

            My brother in Christ, so you’re claiming people who are looking for admiration are avoiding social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram now? So no matter what I do and what choices I make, it must mean I’m looking for admiration? It’s something rarely anyone ever talks about in real life, the question “are you using TikTok?” pretty much never comes up

            Please never educate others.

    • red_coil489@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 days ago

      I sometimes visit TikTok like twice a year just to understand what type of media your average Joe/Jane consumes. My conclusion is that it’s mindless and overly rapid content that does not sticks in the head. I could not recall anything I’ve consumed the day after.

      But honestly it’s not THAT different from watching TV/YT all night, or scrolling reddit/lemmy. I cannot recall what content I’ve consumed yesterday, maybe only small pieces here and there, despite watching “intelligent” content like documentaries & video essays or reading articles & news. To my brain it was simply entertainment just for that moment. A waste of my precious life.

      We all consume, but few of us create.

      • REDACTED@infosec.pub
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 days ago

        But honestly it’s not THAT different from watching TV/YT all night, or scrolling reddit/lemmy.

        Where credit is due, my YouTube algorithm is 90% educational, my original goal of Lemmy was to follow cybersecurity news (because for whatever reason cybersecurity experts rarely use reddit) and reddit is reddit, the reason I tell to myself “avoid TikTok, there is already too much mindless doomscrolling in your life”