I sincerely believe people hate TikTok because it allows teenagers to talk to each other in a format adults can't easily surveil and control. Like it's a venue where people can just say whatever shit they want to without having insane Evangelical fascists or cops or whatever leaning over their shoulder every second.
Yeap, same with facebook/insta/snapchat before them. Eventually the adults get wise of the kids become adults, and new kids migrate to a platform where there are no parents. I reckon TikTok is beginning to get there, but there doesn't seem to be a clear successor platform.
I sincerely believe people hate TikTok because it allows teenagers to talk to each other in a format adults can't easily surveil and control. Like it's a venue where people can just say whatever shit they want to without having insane Evangelical fascists or cops or whatever leaning over their shoulder every second.
Yeap, same with facebook/insta/snapchat before them. Eventually the adults get wise of the kids become adults, and new kids migrate to a platform where there are no parents. I reckon TikTok is beginning to get there, but there doesn't seem to be a clear successor platform.