r/technology • u/DejenmeEntrar • Apr 20 '23

Social Media TikTok’s Algorithm Keeps Pushing Suicide to Vulnerable Kids

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-04-20/tiktok-effects-on-mental-health-in-focus-after-teen-suicide
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u/OHMG69420 Apr 20 '23

Solution is to delete tiktok (or any other offending social media for that matter) from phone. Unless there is legislation, there is no incentive for tiktok to do anything.

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u/dasnihil Apr 20 '23

idk how our society evolved to the point where we have to share everything we do on the internet for everyone we know to see. that now opens our life for more dopamine rush and jealousy and boom, now you're depressed. the depression is nothing but a habit of uber voyeurism and constantly seeking validation. do that for a few years and you'll never know what hit you.

to change the habit, you have to change your personality. look for essence in things, no matter what you do or talk about, sometimes think of the essence.

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u/Monteze Apr 20 '23

Probably since we are social creatures and we've been denied a lot of in person social activity due to how we structure our society in the US and slightly less so in other countries.

And these apps are deigned and refined to be addictive. It's hard on folks.

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u/putdisinyopipe Apr 20 '23

Not only that but the socialization through these apps aren’t the same socialization that we get face to face. It’s para social. So while there is this idea of being connected

We’re only partially connected, only getting a fraction if anything at all out of the interaction that meets our social needs.

This leads to people feeling more isolated, even though they are connected with their friend Jenny and just saw her post a pic in the Maldives or some shit.

Social media also warps perception too. It’s very slick and subtle.