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TikTok Remix Culture

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327 points demail | 2 comments | 15 May 21 00:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.58s | 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. darkstar999 ◴[15 May 21 14:29 UTC] No.27165536[source]▶
> The few times I tried it it gave me loads of crappy content

Feed the algorithm. Like/comment/follow content you like and it shows you a lot of good stuff. It really works.

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2. ehsankia ◴[15 May 21 19:14 UTC] No.27168015[source]▶
Even more so than like, your best tool is long press > not interested. Use that indiscriminately for a bit and you'll be in a much better place.

Yes, it's rough at first, but it's pretty amazing how it works after some time. I get really niche content like VSCode tips, Math proofs, tips on the later games I'm playing or even Hamilton+programming jokes.