▲ 173 ▼ TikTok Is Designed to Get Users Hooked (www.psychologytoday.com) submitted 4 months ago by madeindex@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 87 points 4 months ago (2 children) No shit, all social media is designed to keep user engaged and using the service permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Procleus@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 child) Correct. This is not specific to TikTok, and speaks more to the social media paradigm shift as a whole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] otp@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago (1 child) Including Lemmy, in a sense. Even if not purposely, it's designed to resemble systems that were built this way for that purpose. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) It is for sure addictive, I don’t find it as malicious because of it’s decentralized nature, meaning that a TikTok style algorithm or the various ways Meta drives engagement isn’t present and would be nearly impossible to implement across all the instances and other Fediverse apps. It’s like if cigs ONLY made you smell bad and wouldn’t kill you, still gross and bad to be hooked, but not actively causing irreversible harm permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I agree with part of what you're saying, but I think it's worse than you're saying. I think it's more like if cigarettes were a bit less addictive, still gave you cancer, but nobody becomes a billionaire thanks to your addiction and cancer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Probably a more nuanced an accurate assessment, still better than Facebook though permalink fedilink source parent [–] madeindex@lemmy.world [S] 0 points 4 months ago Certainly, however some are actively trying to get the kids addicted: https://lemmy.world/post/45040542 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Procleus@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago (1 child) Correct. This is not specific to TikTok, and speaks more to the social media paradigm shift as a whole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] otp@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago (1 child) Including Lemmy, in a sense. Even if not purposely, it's designed to resemble systems that were built this way for that purpose. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) It is for sure addictive, I don’t find it as malicious because of it’s decentralized nature, meaning that a TikTok style algorithm or the various ways Meta drives engagement isn’t present and would be nearly impossible to implement across all the instances and other Fediverse apps. It’s like if cigs ONLY made you smell bad and wouldn’t kill you, still gross and bad to be hooked, but not actively causing irreversible harm permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I agree with part of what you're saying, but I think it's worse than you're saying. I think it's more like if cigarettes were a bit less addictive, still gave you cancer, but nobody becomes a billionaire thanks to your addiction and cancer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Probably a more nuanced an accurate assessment, still better than Facebook though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago (1 child) Including Lemmy, in a sense. Even if not purposely, it's designed to resemble systems that were built this way for that purpose. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) It is for sure addictive, I don’t find it as malicious because of it’s decentralized nature, meaning that a TikTok style algorithm or the various ways Meta drives engagement isn’t present and would be nearly impossible to implement across all the instances and other Fediverse apps. It’s like if cigs ONLY made you smell bad and wouldn’t kill you, still gross and bad to be hooked, but not actively causing irreversible harm permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I agree with part of what you're saying, but I think it's worse than you're saying. I think it's more like if cigarettes were a bit less addictive, still gave you cancer, but nobody becomes a billionaire thanks to your addiction and cancer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Probably a more nuanced an accurate assessment, still better than Facebook though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) It is for sure addictive, I don’t find it as malicious because of it’s decentralized nature, meaning that a TikTok style algorithm or the various ways Meta drives engagement isn’t present and would be nearly impossible to implement across all the instances and other Fediverse apps. It’s like if cigs ONLY made you smell bad and wouldn’t kill you, still gross and bad to be hooked, but not actively causing irreversible harm permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I agree with part of what you're saying, but I think it's worse than you're saying. I think it's more like if cigarettes were a bit less addictive, still gave you cancer, but nobody becomes a billionaire thanks to your addiction and cancer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Probably a more nuanced an accurate assessment, still better than Facebook though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) I agree with part of what you're saying, but I think it's worse than you're saying. I think it's more like if cigarettes were a bit less addictive, still gave you cancer, but nobody becomes a billionaire thanks to your addiction and cancer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Probably a more nuanced an accurate assessment, still better than Facebook though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Probably a more nuanced an accurate assessment, still better than Facebook though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] madeindex@lemmy.world [S] 0 points 4 months ago Certainly, however some are actively trying to get the kids addicted: https://lemmy.world/post/45040542 permalink fedilink source parent