Comment on TikTok allegedly monitoring users’ Grindr activity, digital rights group claims

FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• m33@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  TT is not a useful application, it’s a mental sickness virus. It leads to hate and self harm.

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  • SlimePirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    To be more honest:

    Tiktok is actually very useful to find

    • very specific recipes
    • rare places to visit
    • specific tutorials
    • content in rare languages
    • insight from countries and cultures not found in regular media
    • some manifestation footage from the pov of the people
    • even some war/violent event footage before moderation and is better than Youtube, Reddit or a regular search engine for those.

    However, it also has huge amounts of

    • misinformation
    • political propaganda
    • dumb people
    • pseudoscience
    • mass surveillance

    and it’s usage has negative effects on brain such as:

    • reduced attention span
    • distorted time perception
    • boredom intolerance

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    • kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      To be objectively honest, all the useful things you listed are and always have been available elsewhere in the internet.

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      • SlimePirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Give me a search engine with as much easy to find specific content then ?

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    • MareOfNights@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This is cope. TT feeds you the information you don’t need or search for it. If you search you will find better sources for everything. It’s just a big advertisement platform.

      Also tf is manifestation footage?

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      • HailSeitan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        A manifestation (or “manif” for short) is the word for a (political) protest in some languages

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      • SlimePirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        How tf is this cope I don’t even use this shit. Just give me the better sources for everything then ? Because I know people who use it and they find things hard to find otherwise. Just because it’s a shit social media doesn’t mean you should lie about what it can do.

        Manifestation footage is footage of a manifestation. Quite often people I know who use tiktok talk to me about things going on in other countries that are not talked about in public media

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  • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So is grindr. Most dehumanizing app ever, so manipulative and full of ads.

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    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It does give you sex in return for data, which compared to most apps, is a better return ratio.

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      • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s not sex in return for data, more like “you get sex, you lose confidence and any sense of self-worth, we will also show you ads every 3 seconds.”

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