[GeoAtreides]

oh my god, it's always the same thing

Socrate-the-youths this, television that

No, social media is not like anything else before it. Algorithmic informational hoses are not like television and the harm they do is not like whatever Socrates complained 2500 or so years ago.

Can we try to at least have a normal discussion without repeating the same tired platitudes over and over again

[llm_trw]

We could, but you're just repeating what everyone from a previous generation said about the next generations preferred entertainment medium.

Also Socrates wasn't the one complaining, he was the one killed by those doing the complaining. A simple mistake to make when one is looking for reasons to do the same.

[whythre]

American TikTok is literally a hyper addictive platform purpose built by the CCP to devour attention, waste time and sow division. It is not the same as television. Its widespread influence is a complete disaster for a healthy republic.

[flessner]

How does that explanation work when Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts are trying to do exactly the same?

[namaria]

Because they are constrained by selling advertising for profit, not for mass social engineering.

[j4hdufd8]

Isn't TikTok selling ads too?