The Social Media Trend Machine Is Spitting Out Weirder and Weirder Results
Submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/tiktok-trends-are-driving-random-consumer-spending-spikes?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1NDkzMTA0OCwiZXhwIjoxNzU1NTM1ODQ4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUMFRXMFVHUTdMRjEwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI3MDQyN0U3REVGMkM0MDEzODNCNDUzRjAyNUE2NDc3NyJ9.cUOvTpjmVUma3wq3QjqkFGt1lBdcCarnxxTHqra6VdA&leadSource=uverify+wall
Solventbubbles@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This reads like “old man yells at clouds”
Like on one hand, sure, tiktok has accelerated the amount of info/media kids are latching onto. But also, remember street sharks? Remember pogs? Or floam? Like… shits always been like this.