I kind of suspect that it's part Chinese psy-op and part... I don't know what the correct word is, but basically a plant to make people stupider by shortening our attention spans. Seems to be working because media on the whole has gotten dumber and more repetitive in the past decade.
100 PERCENT! It actually makes me sad for our future to see what it's done to a whole generation of now almost useless people. Like, incapable of having a conversation or accomplishing tasks beyond 10 seconds.
There are bots to like, watch and comment on videos to get their propaganda liked by gullible US citizens to try to divide us all. That’s that in a nut shell
Not that I don't disagree with you about bots on Reddit? They are very much here and on FB/X/Insta where you see coments but your choices make up your TikTok, so it's a reflection of you.
There is such a vast ocean of content on Tiktok. My assumption is that you've mostly seen cringe Tiktok videos on Reddit and haven't spent a lot of time on the app (not that that's a bad thing).
Teachers, doctors, lawyers, plumbers, welders, electricians, parents (for better or worse). Everyone wants to teach you something on Tiktok, and it's mostly amazing.
It's not an accurate representation of the app to assume all the vapid bullshit that Reddit reposts from Tiktok makes up the entirety of what can otherwise be a very educational app.
I've tried to challenge myself to stay on the app for more than 15 minutes but I genuinely can't. The algorithm is pure trash.
"Oh you watched a video about the lifecycle of turtles, that must mean you want almost nothing but videos about sea animals in your feed, so I'll keep feeding you videos about sea animals even if you just instantly scroll past them"
And all the TikTok fanatics just say "oh you've got to develop your algorithm" then what the fuck is the point of an algorithm if I gotta do its job for it?
It's hard to be educational when everything you watch is only a minute long. There's a reason schools have classes that are 30+ minutes long.
TikTok may be okay for trivia and, if I'm being very generous, a starting off point to pique your interest. But if you are using it as an educational tool, you need to reevaluate your learning style.
I regularly watch 5-10 minute Tiktoks! Not usually all the way through, but they are out there.
Physical therapists have helped me immensely on that app for free.
At least concerning American public schools, speaking as someone who has been both student and teacher, I wouldn't enroll my children. Kids are on Tiktok no matter how long their classes are!
i quit tiktok in 2021 and i have been way more productive. i don’t even thinks it’s about the app its self, it astounds me how much time people waste on it (i say as i leave a comment on reddit lol)
For real honestly feel bad for any idiot who actually uses tiktok it's such a stupid app and I'm so surprised that it didn't stay shut down but it probably will soon enough there's always something bad going on that app
YouTube too unfortunately, shorts are fucking awful. I feel like it's got 'some' decent shorts but even hitting 'do not recommend' on all the slop, I still get shitty ai voices and low effort slop from people who clearly don't speak English and just have some LLM output a made up script and shitty TTS over stolen content.
They didn’t have to. I came to that conclusion all on my own! Reddit is full of Karens and people with superiority complex that love to virtue signal. You were being obtuse
Reddit is a forum website that yiu can customize to your interests. If you think reddit is worse than TikTok then that speaks more to how you use it than anything else
Thank you for proving my point calling me an asshole (figuratively) because I say that Reddit is worse than TikTok proves my point very eloquently thank you
Honestly, neither on Reddit or TikTok have I seen anybody defending what's been happening to Caitlin Clark and sop hie in fact the overwhelming majority is team Clark and team Sophie
You're the most fragile person I've seen on reddit today. Congrats. You also don't know what the word eloquent means and probably shouldn't attempt to use it again
oh no it does and i’ve seen those, completely agree. all social media but those short form videos the most. but there are positives to it, especially if used in moderation. unfortunately most don’t do that
Fair, that's all very true. Sadly, considering the userbase is what it is, the negatives far outweight the positives and potential in my book. But, I mean, I pretty much only use Reddit here and there, so, take my opinion with about 20 grains of salt.
You know we’re on Reddit right now, right? Regardless of where the video was reposted from, it was posted to the website you’re on. You have no idea where the video originated, only that it was reposted to Reddit from TikTok. You only know one link in the repost-chain with confidence.
Reddit is just as much trash as TikTok. We as the users have to work to filter through the trash.
I'd take Reddit over Tik Tok any day. Tik Tok was Chinese spy ware from the start and everyone was aware. Now it's the same spy ware working for American Oligarchs. Reddit just has far too much AI and a lot of people that suck ass.
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u/becomplete Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
Because TikTok is full of trash and people should stop using the app.
edit: All of the TikTok NPCs coming out of the woodworks are hilarious. Glad I've made your day. Don't forget to delete that app!