• ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    I don’t understand tiktok. Last trend i heard about was people cheating banks to get free money (aka fraud) and now they’re doing inhalants as a trend? How many brain cells does the average tik toker have?

    Yes i know my age is showing. Get off my lawn!

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      3 months ago

      No we are just going back 20 years for fashion trends, make everything chrome. Spray chrome can be inhaled is whats happening

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      3 months ago

      I think the running conspiracy is that the platform is a psyop to get idiots to try doing idiotic things they wouldn’t otherwise get exposed to.

      From what I’ve heard, the Chinese version of the app’s recommendations algorithm leans towards educational content instead of topics literally trying to tear at the seams of modern society.

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      3 months ago

      Media is only going to highlight and even sometimes propagate the truly horrible trends.

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        3 months ago

        Remember the “Milk Crate Challenge” which resulted in horrific accidents?

        Idk man, at some point it’s just Darwinism.

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      3 months ago

      TikTok is an app that’s not completely controlled by YTs. So we should expect to see a bunch of sensational headlines demonizing the company until it gets banned.