This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I just recently deleted my account and uninstalled the app. I'm not going to lie, it was hard because I had finally curated my algo to some pretty decent content that wasn't just brainrot trash.
But I'd rather be bored than give Oracle anything.
EDIT: Also Loops is neat from a technical standpoint, but it feels like a ghost town coming from TikTok.
A lot of these services really hinge on a tight-knit community of active content producers who fuel engagement and reap some kind of dividend on the back end.
Loops is a technology but it's not much of a business. The company is literally run by just two guys. They're not going to bring on prolific content producers without a much more aggressive marketing strategy.
The US fascists are doing a hard push on all social media in general ramping up at least since a few weeks ago. Seth Andrew's thinking atheist channel was dropped for no reason from yt, which by itself isn't unheard of, but several other popular religious debate channels (deconstruction zone, allegedly Ian, etc) are seeing a huge drop in opposition, religious callers starting at the same time when much of those were coming from TikTok and yt giving them a fair shake at recommendations based on their view counts. Yt is delisting or excluding from search results videos more now instead of demonetizing as well.
I understand TikTok to be the bastion of communication and community for Gen Z.
But so much of the content is uncreative. The same songs and sound effects to some stupid reaction video.
That said, I do hope TikTok crashes and burns so the new owner loses on their bid. And I do really hope Gen Z can collectively find a new platform to communicate on freely because TikTok has been a force for them just as Twitter and Reddit was for Millenials.
I’m also fairly sure that Gen Z has been moving on for a while now.
But so much of the content is uncreative.
Enshittification, baby. Once people know where the feed bar is, they just keep slapping it until pellets stop falling out. The Algorithm rewards imitation, not invention.
But so much of the content is uncreative. The same songs and sound effects to some stupid reaction video.
How is that different from most social media platforms, though? Have tried browsing an uncurated YouTube recently? If there's any incentive to boost views and engagement, people will optimize for that.
I do hope TikTok crashes and burns so the new owner loses on their bid.
They bought it to control the narrative on important topics so a loss isn't a big deal to them. You apparently already can't talk about Epstein and anti-ICE stuff gets hidden.
Careful on your uninstall, once my wife uninstalled from her phone*, all of a sudden her account can't re-connect to delete her data. There's lots of talk about this on the forums. Delete your account and uninstall all at once.
I hate how percentages from 100% and up are used ambiguously.
e.g. 150% vs +150%
I 200% agree with this.
💯
I interpret "up %150" as + %150
The vague part is:
say uninstalls are 1000 / day, so that's 100%
up 150% is 2500 / day, so 250% of nominal
or is it :)
You’re very right, though for me the abiguity comes from not being confident the person using the thing understands.
I think you already get this, but “Applications are 150% of normal” means you add 50% and “applications are up 150%” means you add 1.5x the original. There’s really no room for interpretation it’s just that errors happen anyway.
Should be higher, save your selves
Facebook, Insta, YouTube. I know they're fun and entertaining. But they're all destroying your mental health. I promise you'll be happier if you pull the plug on all of them. Delete your account. Touch grass. Volunteer, talk to your neighbors, start a social club.
Besides Lemmy, I left everything else in 2014. Growing up with it all and now seeing the other side….. I’m worried about people.
Ok, but what are the counts for uninstalls generally? 150% sounds like a lot, but if it’s only a thousand uninstalls a week then it’s only jumped to 1,500 uninstalls. When there are millions of users, that’s…not very much.
I’m not arguing against progress. I’m just saying they are making it sound like this big exodus when it might be minimal in reality.
If they're up 150% and it was 1000 before, it'd now be 2500. Your point still stands, of course.
I don't understand the hype about TikTok anyway. I installed it few weeks ago, and uninstalled few days later because how boring and useless the app is.
I must be old.
The main thing that TikTok had going for it was it was open to both left and right contact and it would show you exactly the content you are interested in due to there algorithm.
It being purchased as caused a lot of issues with that feed being laggy and having issues with mostly left wing content spreading what is happening with Ice and stuff.
But yeah a endless scroll-able system isn't for everyone obviously.
it was open to both left and right contact
I don't believe that for a minute. The CCP just had more subtle methods for suppressing content critical of them.
The owner is Singaporean not Chinese. Also yes there was plenty of content that I have been able to find that is critical of the CCP
Zhang Yiming? I could only find him denying he's Singaporean. Everything says he's Chinese. It could be bullshit if he's cozying up to the PRC, but that only proves my point.
You must be 80 if you can't understand these very basic concepts that attracts kids.
There are more than "kids" using that app. Plenty of adults and military personnel use it for news. Hilarious but true.
To call them all kids means you're old too. 😊
I would uninstall TikTok too but unfortunately I have never installed in a first place.
Lmao amount of ppl defending TikTok in the comment is funny af
Not surprising, since you'd need tp be willfully ignorant to have used tiktok when it first came out with all the privacy concerns even back then with the app doing weird things.
And those who use it despite that are pretty addicted to the content on it. They in the same category as those that continue to use twitter.
Mwahahaha!!
i deleted Tiktok years ago
thank god people are deleting it (cause i remember it being Toxic and stuff)
hahahaha that's a good one. they all are so addicted they will reinstall it in a week.
My life has only gotten worse since getting addicted to forums and social media. I've become much less productive as well. Feels bad :(
