Comment on Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout
paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 day agoI don’t remember Friendster causing mayhem like this.
Lemmy seems to not be spreading challenges either.
You have a point, but TikTok has a unique power.
Ryick@lemm.ee 1 day ago
If it had happened on Friendster; then it would have been because of the specific user(s) creating and posting such content, not because of the platform. To say platform = bad because a user or users post negatively affecting content is a sweeping generalization which does not reflect reality, meaning that the negative connotation of TikTok = bad is still incorrect. The users which created and posted such content, in this case, are to blame.
If students see such content on social media; then the first thought should not be: platform bad; it should be: who posted it, and for what reason(s).
TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
It can be an issue with the people starting these challenges while also being an issue with the way tiktok works with sharing these copycat videos on the platforms algorithm.
I don’t think “omg tiktok bad” but in the case of these dumb challenges, it is one of the few things I can see people actually pointing at when saying tiktok is bad, rather than “but china.”
Ryick@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Yes, and this article reinforces that idea, regardless of whether or not TikTok = bad is correct, which is my point.