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Re:Half a million people watch me study on TikTok by Merad on Sunday May 08, 2022 @11:52AM (#31305137)
I'm approaching 40 so I don't really disagree with you, but I do find it fascinating in its own way. I tried TikTok a couple years ago and deleted it after a week. I could tell that it was massaging my brain in the right ways to keep me scrolling and scrolling so that I ended up wasting tons of time in the app, and I didn't like it. The guy from TFA is essentially hijacking the algorithm to help break people free from the endless scrolling and time wasting that's encouraged by the algorithm. I assume he's benefiting from it, of course, but still it's an interesting commentary on the modern world that young people especially have to wade through.

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