The love of tik tok is odd to me. Seems to be the exact same. And the ads I see on Twitter for it basically amount to sex appeal for a lot of it. Not unlike Hollywood it general show business.

For this thread, though, I'm not sure the negative slant is enough to explain it. There is a ton of negative on most every topic.

I don’t know about everyone else but in my eyes, FB is more of a concern because they are much more massive and are more strongly viewed by the voting public.

Privacy, algorithmization of feeds, etc. are important to me but I’m much more afraid of opinions being seeded now, which get turned into votes, which determines the people we elect, which in turns determines the type of policies we enact, which then plays out in 5-20 years, when I’m still alive and also the people who come after me.

For example, we have to deal with the TSA now because of a series of many unfortunate events that transpired since WW1. You can’t go back and undo certain mistakes.

Facebook is unfortunately where a lot of people seem to get their news and that is scary. Primary sources should be people’s news sources.

But... I'm not sure why tik tok can't do the same things? It is almost certainly being used by the same organizations for recruitment and general reach.

If not, why not?

I get a general fear of social media. And I am not trying to give anyone a pass. I don't see a distinction, though.

I never find my TikTok stream to be negative or divisive. I only find my FB feed to be negative and divisive. That’s the difference in my mind.

> Through that one powerful signal, TikTok can learn your most hidden interests and emotions, and drive users of any age deep into rabbit holes of content—in which feeds are heavily dominated by videos about a specific topic or theme. It’s an experience that other social-media companies like YouTube have struggled to stop.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-algorithm-sex-drugs-mino...

NYTimes would never do a serious negative story about Tiktok because it goes against their political bias. It matches exactly with HN's bias. Here is a praise-worthy Tiktok story that boggles the mind: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/10/arts/TIK-TOK....

It is all partisan and not very objective. I think all social media is terrible for the society.