[blown_gasket]

I tried to make it through 10; managed through 4 TikTok videos (or rather the majority). I did this on the TikTok website because I'm not going to download the app. The results:

Odd Results of Geometry on a Sphere - interesting video, I don't know why the results are 'odd' though. I would have liked to see a formal proof involved rathe r than a quick sketch and a 'believe you, me'.

Doors or Wheels - 2 minutes or so of time spent talking about people that are contemplating if there are more doors or wheels in the world. Just an overall waste of 2 minutes.

Your Bible is Worthless - was a 'neat' video about how your family bible has no value to a collector, which I would have guessed anyway. The website kicked me into a video before the video was done; will try again just to see if it was a fluke.

Making a circuit board - someone that just learned how to make a schematic on a computer and then print it out shares their learning experience. They are super excited about it which is nice to see, but they kind of annoyed me. The website also kicked me into another video before the video was done; second time.

What HN doesn't do is kick me to one thread while I'm looking at another. If TikTok didn't do this I would have gone through the 10 videos, but I already feel animosity towards most software these days, so in my leisure time I'm not going to put up with it.

[sillysaurusx]

Oof. I agree with you that that’s an especially frustrating experience. For what it’s worth, the website is a weird alternate not-TikTok universe in that sense. The app wouldn’t do that to you.

It certainly has flaws. I’m just uncomfortable with the notion that it’s entirely worthless and that a nationwide ban is fine. It seems mistaken, and it could be a costly mistake.

[weard_beard]

The US government isn’t banning it because it is worthless. This isn’t about the content in any way. It is about the collection of data by a major foreign power and the use of that data to feed specific propaganda to US government personnel.

My take on it is unless the US government is willing to formally show proof it is direct foreign propaganda they should not be allowed to ban it and the bar for that proof should be HIGH.

Slippery slopes and all..

What keeps the next president from declaring CNN or Fox News or Google or the AP “propaganda” and pretty soon government devices will be a stupid shitty battleground for cheap political points and not safe work devices.

[weq]

1) The CCP 2) They are, but they wont be, because they helped him win.

Its an uncomfortable thought but the media and kings have always had parasitic relationships.

We dont need to get into the forced organ harvesting stuff too do we? You know, THE THING that happens when you say "no" to one too many times to the CCP or become more famous then whinne the poo?

[tomjen3]

They could just ban the collection of private data, but that would hurt Facebook and Instagram.