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TikTok Remix Culture

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327 points demail | 3 comments | 15 May 21 00:06 UTC | HN request time: 2.228s | source
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mujina93 ◴[15 May 21 07:01 UTC] No.27163065[source]▶
Basically every comment here says positive things about tiktok. Is this a bot invasion on HN or is it really that good?

The few times I tried it it gave me loads of crappy content. No thank you, I'm not in for another doom scrolling addiction. The world has already enough addictive dopamine-f**ing time-sucker almost contentless social medias. I don't have the energies to fight against or maniacally curate my feed for yet another one.

I'd evaluate the usefulness of a social media or any other app by looking at a couple of metrics: 1) how much time do you spend there daily? 2) after you have used it, do you feel a better/improved person? I'd be curious to see numbers for these metrics. If anybody has links to papers/surveys that study how good or bad is a certain social media, please feel free to share.

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1. bonoboTP ◴[15 May 21 12:44 UTC] No.27164701[source]▶
I just see child level brain development content. Meaning, extreme cliches, gooey/sticky materials, household objects in weird context or used strangely, weird recipes, animals making strange noises, pretty people dancing, one dimensional emotional stories like I helped an old lady cross the street, wedding clothes, weird iPhone "hacks" and tricks etc. Surely depends on location, this is Germany.

Actually quite similar to the so-called "chumbox" content types.

I agree there is unnatural behavior in this comment section. No way the enthusiasm is organic.

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2. trompetenaccoun ◴[15 May 21 15:41 UTC] No.27166203[source]▶
That's exactly what it's like. The strategy is to keep users engaged and entertained, while keeping them dumb. Talk about Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, the Indian border conflict or a ton of other topics and you might find your content shadow-banned or your account gets suspended. Since they try this as much as they can get away with, you can be sure the recommendations and trends are manufactured based on what ByteDance/the CCP wants you to see.

It's telling the type of content is almost exactly the same as on Douyin, the Mainland Chinese version.

3. ehsankia ◴[15 May 21 19:10 UTC] No.27167985[source]▶
You haven't used it much yet you somehow in your very short experience know everyone's experience with it and anyone who has had a different experience must be paid or on drugs? I hope you realize how bad that sounds...