It is well known that addicts always defend their substance of choice; similarly, the addiction to TikTok drives many to defend the platform, despite its detrimental effects on attention, mental health, and productivity.
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Excessive passive consumption erodes our will and ability to act or create.
TikTok and other modern distractions exploit vulnerabilities cultivated by the same sort who first planted the seeds of compulsive "productivity" into our collective human psyche and common culture.
Most of the memes floating around supporting TT were made by Chinese agents or bots. This is more dangerous than most addictions & tfg being willing to work w/them for popularity should ring alarms for everyone.
This☝️- not the future threat of CCP running psyops or accessing the dB. The mental health catastrophe of what Gen Z is experiencing and the rest of us are wilting under is what should be the worry.
This isn’t a matter of addiction. This is a matter of choice and freedom of speech. U.S. companies don’t like TikTok and their are losing to TikTok. That’s the real and only threat.
2/2 the well-being, mental health & physical safety is the fallout And why isn't the focus on the damage already done & to be. Europe seems to be at least trying to mitigate & the people aren't rioting in those Democratic countries about the lack of dangerous free speech.
SMH! The focus on TikTok & ignoring unfettered American social media fraught with data mining, misinformation, disinformation, propaganda (foreign & domestic), bots & trolls. It's mind-blowing to me. Who's pushing that agenda? 1/2
Oh, I understand that about China. My point was there is no reason to not multi-task. The government should be able to take care of domestic & foreign problems at the same time.
I quit TikTok after the election because it was always making me angry. Making me rage. Making my blood boil. Over nothing, really. Just people expounding or sharing bullshit. These self-righteous nobodies that demand we listen to THEIR thoughts are no different than the idiots on tv.
The only reason TT is being banned is because the US state/companies can't control what people see. We watched Gaza live on TT and heard directly from Palestinians. What's next? Will TT show the US violently repressing protestors? Meta and Google will do their best to ensure you don't see that!
Oh, please! The only reason it is getting banned because it doesn't support government narrative. Meta has more information on you, they will stral and sell, whatever brings zuck $$$
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TikTok and other modern distractions exploit vulnerabilities cultivated by the same sort who first planted the seeds of compulsive "productivity" into our collective human psyche and common culture.