TLDR: Avoid TikTok as it’s new shop is Wish2.0
Not even remotely close. There is a ton of interesting content on there. Most of it is non-shopping stuff.
They were speaking specifically about the shop.
Aside from that, there are very legitimate reasons not to use TikTok, most notably because it’s owned by a Chinese company, and all Chinese companies are owned by the CCP. Its been proven time and time again to be full of spyware.
And aside from all of that, every time I watch a video on there I’m left thinking “what the fuck did I just watch, and why does it have 50M views?”.
Also vertical videos are ass. And now they even have side by side vertical reaction videos which are like 3x ass.
So yeah, there’s no shortage of reasons to avoid TikTok.
Right, China Knowing my viewing habits is the end of the world. They will also radicalize me. Old man is too cool for the content.
You know what shows up on my feed? Cars, CNN, ABC movie clips, and cooking. The same exact shit I get on Reddit, Instagram, and my RSS before it died. If you have actually used Tiktok for more then 5 minutes and that’s all you see, then that’s on you. The algorithm is quite spot on for every user I know.
There ARE good people making good content that use the platform. A lot of people are on the platform, so there’s an argument to be made about reaching people with your work and message
But that also means we should continue to highlight issues so that we can fix them / build something better
Yeah, some of the funniest screenshots I’ve ever seen have been 4chan green texts. Still doesn’t mean I want to wade through the oceans of shit, lol.
I feel like TikTok is definitely better content-wise because it caters to each individual and a lot more people use it (not just sweaty basement dwellers). I don’t use it because it’s designed to be so addicting.
