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dcchambers ◴[10 Sep 25 16:34 UTC] No.45200157[source]▶

>>45199760 (OP) #

> TikTok won. Now everything is 60 seconds.

It's true and it's devastating. I intentionally never signed up for TikTok because of the dangers of hyper-addictive short form content. Ultra-processed, junk food content.

But my Instagram became TikTok - so now I don't use Instagram. My YouTube is becoming TikTok - so now I don't use YouTube. Everything is implementing autoplaying short form content. X/Twitter. Reddit. etc.

TikTok won, and we're all worse off for it.

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1. josefresco ◴[10 Sep 25 16:54 UTC] No.45200497[source]▶

>>45200157 #

Even the new ESPN app has short form videos called "Verts".

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TikTok has turned culture into a feedback loop of impulse and machine learning