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by f_allwein 438 days ago
I don’t use TikTok at all. AMA.
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HN and signal groups are my only social media.

I’m very social. I don’t think I miss much notification of “stuff to do”

( signal groups : large groups hitting the 1000 member limit. With drastic moderations. Example : only music flyer. Anything else is deleted under minutes )

I think the challenge is to use TikTok, but to use it in moderation.
I don't think that's a worthwhile challenge. Either you fail and get addicted, or you succeed and... what? Spend some of your free time watching low quality micro videos and being advertised to by teenagers? I don't see the upside here.
It's less a challenge and more that there are people who are consumers/creators on TikTok and can limit their usage to under an hour a day without needing to use time restrictions. The question is what aspect of their personality/mindset/upbringing enables this relative to someone unable to inhibit their urge to compulsively use social media.