The older I get the more I tend towards blaming the people being scammed for being stupid enough to be scammed.
$35 Apple watch, really?? You thought that was real?? Well boy do I have an exiled African prince to introduce you to!
Idk, this new generation is growing up without games like RuneScape and EvE. I don’t know where they’re supposed to learn about scams like we all did.
Instead they get scammed directly from the game companies! So many kids’ games that have gambling features (look at loot boxes, for example)
Ah yes, there’s a really interesting bridge in Lake Havasu Arizona, could you get me a price?
And for only 12.95USD a month I can continue reading to find out about this $35 watch.
Pro tip : Any apple product without a 3 digit price tag is fake.
Hey, I bought a monitor connector adapter from them once and it only cost me $25.
I believe Tik-Tok just shows off the stupidity of humans as a race.
People will do anything for likes or money, like they are a bunch of uncivilized monkeys in the jungle.
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.
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.
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
