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Re:TikTok Shut Down: Data Shows 85% Drop in US Access (and S... by loloquwowndueo on Sunday January 19, 2025 @12:35PM (#42759254)
Plenty of articles documenting how TikTok is designed to be addictive. Show me equivalents for HN.
Re:TikTok Shut Down: Data Shows 85% Drop in US Access (and S... by a12k on Sunday January 19, 2025 @12:45PM (#42759360)
Even that is not entirely relevant. I think the criteria here are likely actual addiction combined with harm from that addiction combined with scale of that harm. So even if we showed that HN was addictive, the harm and scale are so low that banning it shouldn't even be a conversation. Under the same framework, we have TikTok, which combines an algorithm designed for addiction, actual or imminent harm from a foreign power, and probably the most massive scale possible. So it seems within the realm of possibility that banning TikTok should be a discussion.