As TikTok grows, so does suspicion

Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by bigcat12345678 on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:20PM (#32047347)

> 85% of US teenagers use tiktok. That's 85% of the future generation of US senators, Cabinet members, and Supreme Court justices, of police chiefs, civil rights activists, mayors, CEOs, etc.

What's the basis of social elites are coming uniformly from the population?

I think it's obvious that the social elites in all areas are predominantly from wealthy and affluent families. So the line of thinking of 85% teens corresponding to 85% or some number close elites, is baseless at best, and misleading at worst.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by BuyMyBitcoins on Sunday July 10, 2022 @03:47PM (#32048256)

I feel like the 15% that do not use TikTok are more likely to be from lower class or impoverished families. Likely because they have limited access to smartphones or electronics of their own.

I’m sure there are “elite” families who strictly forbid their children from using social media, but I suspect this population is very low. In my own anecdotal experience, the most affluent teens had the most access to drugs and things our parents forbade us from having.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by jjeaff on Sunday July 10, 2022 @03:28PM (#32048067)

Is there reason to believe that the elite use TikTok at disproportionally lower rates than the rest of the population? If anything, it's probably higher.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by api on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:44PM (#32047571)

So say it’s 50%. That’s not much better.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by illiac786 on Sunday July 10, 2022 @04:03PM (#32048413)

Yes it is. And it's still baseless.

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