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by ocean_moist
639 days ago
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> I also think people's mentality has shifted and they no longer care about sharing their lives online. I tend to disagree. I have a few hundred friends/people I follow on Instagram and I see people post stories and posts about their life all the time. People are generally trying to portray "Look at me! I have such a cool life!". This is how it is for young people. As for TikTok, I find myself scrolling with no end in sight. I think the studies on the addiction level of shortform content and its long term effects is going to be extremely shocking. I can watch an episode or two of a show, maybe 30m-1hr, and turn it off. But TikTok keeps me constantly stimulated and I can easily forget what I am watching and "doomscroll" for hours. With TV I make the conscious decision to watch it. With TikTok I have to make the conscious decision to not watch it or open the app. This may be a side effect of how my brain works, but a lot of young people have similar experiences. I think the main difference in our experiences is a generational gap in how social media is used. |
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If friends want to share videos/tiktoks with me, they download them and then send them with another messaging app so I don't have to go to the platform. And that's not something I force on them but something they do because they really want me to see those videos I suppose.