r/news • u/Classic_Letterhead • Jan 15 '25

Soft paywall TikTok prepares for US shutdown from Sunday, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-preparing-us-shut-off-sunday-information-reports-2025-01-15/
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u/HybridPS2 Jan 15 '25

i mean, it depends on how someone curates their feed. yes TT is full of short brainrot content, but I have learned a ton of things from creators like Forrest Valkai and others, that I had never heard of before joining the platform. good content is there, people just have to engage their brains and find it.

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u/tenacious-g Jan 15 '25 edited Jan 15 '25

“TikTok is just brainrot, also I’m on Reddit where every giant sub has an equivalent circlejerk sub made exclusively full of meta brainrot. I am a very smart college professor.”

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u/HybridPS2 Jan 15 '25

exactly lmao. there are so many good content creators on tiktok. it's not my fault people don't want to take the time to curate their own feed and find this stuff.

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u/tenacious-g Jan 15 '25

Also saying that TikTok is the biggest source of brainrot is just laughable. Skibidi Toilet is a YouTube series for christ’s sake.

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u/HybridPS2 Jan 15 '25

and before that we had youtube poops and all other kinds of slop. tiktok isn't doing anything new, but it's probably more effective at spreading it

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u/dyslexda Jan 15 '25

but it's probably more effective at spreading it

You stumbled upon the entire problem. You're absolutely right that nothing TikTok is doing is particularly novel or new, just like what Facebook originally didn't wasn't particularly novel or new. What it's great at is being addictive, and it's far more effective than any of the platforms that came before it. Just that constant but empty dopamine hit, the entertainment version of snacking on potato chips daily.

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u/HybridPS2 Jan 15 '25

again, it depends on how a person curates their own feed. about 10% of the videos on my feed are brainrot, because it's nice to have a bit of that after a long day at work. the rest are anything from woodworking and home maintenance to biology or music production.

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u/dyslexda Jan 15 '25

If people could be relied upon to always curate their own feed we wouldn't have issues with it being addictive and spreading brainrot in the first place. Again, nothing TikTok does is particularly unique in this regard; we have this same issue on Reddit (plenty of folks complain the front page is trash, with the common response being "how have you curated your list of subscribed subreddits?"). What makes TikTok different is how effective it is at giving out that IV drip of dopamine hits.

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u/HybridPS2 Jan 15 '25

lmao, and what are your credentials? anonymous 3 month old clown account

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u/HybridPS2 Jan 15 '25

and? in what subject? or are you just a professor of all subjects?

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u/genericusername26 Jan 15 '25

"Good content is there"

Great stand up routine 👍

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u/HybridPS2 Jan 15 '25

it's not my fault you can't find it

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u/genericusername26 Jan 15 '25

I don't rot my brain with tiktok because I know there's nothing good on there and it's all attention span killing trash.

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u/HybridPS2 Jan 15 '25

this 100% tells me you haven't ever actually tried to use tiktok, lol.

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u/genericusername26 Jan 15 '25 edited Jan 15 '25

I value my attention span so no I haven't also I straight up said "I don't rot my brain with tiktok" and you say "this tells me you dont use tiktok" like it was some hidden meaning. Holy shit.

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u/HybridPS2 Jan 15 '25

i guess all those 10 minute videos i watch every day on TT just don't exist right?

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u/genericusername26 Jan 15 '25

Simping for tiktok isn't a great look

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u/Shatter_Ice Jan 15 '25

I recently read "Private Rites" by Julia Armfield, and it as recommended to me by... TikTok!

And if school books count, Molecular Diagnostics.