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by booleandilemma 1004 days ago
I've bought 2 books because I saw them on tiktok. Seeing as there is nothing special or unique about me, I'm sure thousands of others have as well.

Now I'm curious how much HN is a driver of book buying. I've bought books solely based on praise from an HN comment.

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The fact that people who are in the business of selling books are failing at monetizing TikTok while lots of people who are buying books are getting recs from TikTok is every signal you need.

TT has somehow managed to grow supermassive while also feeling like the small web of yore. Nothing gold can stay but here's hoping they keep it up for a bit longer.