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TikTok just dropped a new realistic beauty filter

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207 points ZephyrBlu | 1 comments | 27 Feb 23 03:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.3s | source
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alanfranz ◴[27 Feb 23 05:09 UTC] No.34953221[source]▶
My 2c: it’s the beginning of the end for some tech areas. Especially social networks.

You chat with people online because you think, you know, that people exist on the other side.

You spend time on instagram, tiktok, and so, to get a glimpse of real people (as opposed to TV where a lot is fiction/sfx).

You trust photos because, barring dedicated, time-consuming and skill-intensive editing, they should represent reality.

If that’s not true anymore, and everything is fiction, it’s probably time to get back to IRL experiences.

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1. pier25 ◴[27 Feb 23 14:17 UTC] No.34956643[source]▶
I hope so. But the alternative is that people double down on social networks and their fake virtual lives.

Judging by the MAU of most platforms it seems that there's no slowing down though.