I installed it out of curiosity, and God damn, this is the worst form of social media yet. It seems like it's designed to accomplish two things: keep me scrolling, and eventually make me depressed. It's basically paralyzing to use.
I didn't make an account, so I guess its a bit like looking at the front page of YouTube, which is also terrible. But out of all the social media I've used in my life tiktok seems like the worst because of how much it sucks you in, and the type of content on it. Runner up is Instagram, but I deleted my account there years ago and never looked back.
Call me a boomer or w/e, but this shit melts your brain even more than everything else already does.
yeah I shudder to think what the digital skinner boxes of the future will be like
Direct-to-brain dopamine hits on a subscription basis, including paying more to regulate and monitor the hits so you can get artificial temporary bliss responsibly.
Camera drones that follow people 24/7 in a TikTok-meets-Truman Show-like horrorshow.