[windowsrookie]

TikTok is a never-ending feed of algorithm optimized short videos designed to perpetually give you a dopamine rush.

In my opinion it is absolutely bad for most people's mental health.

Essentially all other social media platforms have now copied TikTok and do the same.

I still refuse to use TikTok and I never YouTube shorts.

[akomtu]

Imo, tiktoks and facebooks work by destabilizing emotions: they take users on a wild ride thru disgusting and pleasant emotions in an unpredictable manner. This unpredictability of the ride turns off the mind: the user learns that engaging the mind makes no difference and turns it off, leaving more room for the raw emotions. It's not a stretch to say that algorithmic media feed works by muting the human in the users and engaging the animal in them.