Comment on TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover

Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I am and that is why I actively avoid.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  No, they are just keenly aware that YouTube Shorts is shit by comparison.

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  • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s literally the same thing

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    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      but its algorithm is not as addictive, so its shit

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      • Electricd@lemmybefree.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        That’s the real reason I’m on TikTok… but I’m fine with that

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  youtube shorts get thier content from tiktok. and you can block shorts.

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• SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The attraction to tt was the algorithm. Yt’s algo is garbo. Yt just gives you more of the same, whereas tt would magically align you with your people and your needs. Yt is sorta trying to do that right now, but it’s all from spying on you, rather than algorithmically.

  It’s like the difference between having a conversation with somebody irl about having itchy feet and then suddenly your algorithm is filled with ads for views cures for itchy feet, vs slowly figuring out that you’re neurodivergent, and then through watch time and liked comments, starting to feed you stuff that other people like you like, and you end up in whatever corner that is most useful to you.

  It’s the difference between your platform ONLY being one video at a time and the devs HAVE to figure out what you MIGHT like, vs a platform that feeds you choices and a feed and tries to guess your categories and shit. It’s very, very different, and imo tt was much, much better.

  It’s funny but, when people talk about what tiktok is just x-thing, they’re really really telling on themselves. Like if people say it’s just slop or teens dancing, it’s pretty well known, at least to people who have USED tiktok, that that’s really fucking bad unless the person is themselves a teen. Unfortunately, it’s usually a conservative senator or someone’s dad and it’s just eewwwww

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  • k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yt just gives you more of the same, whereas tt would magically align you with your people and your needs.

    That sounds like the exact same thing to me but slower. And you seem to be implying that TikTok doesn’t spy on you, which I highly doubt.

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