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Re:Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with la... by Tokumei-no-hito on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:12PM (#44486409)
you seem unaware that over 60% (150M) of the US uses tiktok and around 70% of that (100M) are 18-30. it's unclear on the < 18 numbers but likely a significant number.

i don't think it's unreasonable, particularly when she qualifies gen-z, to conflate tiktok and society.

it's really out of hand. the brain rot, beyond just the psych labeling she touches on, is crazy.

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Re:Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with la... by pmg101 on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:34PM (#44486513)
What do you mean by "brain rot"?
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Re:Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with la... by hyperadvanced on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:51PM (#44486593)
Generally it means “deterioration of creative or critical thought capabilities into facile but engaging substitutes for thought” - usually it means something like “taking the algorithm home with you; letting yourself become one with the endless torrent of memes that infinite scroll platforms hand pick and deliver into your brain”
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Re:Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with la... by socalgal2 on Monday July 07, 2025 @01:18AM (#44486998)
70% of 100M is 70M. There are not 70m 18-30yr olds in the USA.
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Re:Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with la... by Tokumei-no-hito on Monday July 07, 2025 @01:30AM (#44487065)
there's 28% gen z in the US. that's roughly 94M and 70M are on tiktok
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Re:Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with la... by lodovic on Monday July 07, 2025 @01:41AM (#44487122)
You are pulling numbers out of thin air. First you claim 100m 18-30 year olds (the number is closer to 55m) and now you inflate gen Z numbers too (my count is less than 70M, and there is just no way that 100% of them are tiktok users). Here are some real sources https://media.market.us/gen-z-statistics/ https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/united-states-population-...
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Re:Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with la... by Tokumei-no-hito on Monday July 07, 2025 @02:14AM (#44487248)
that's fair. i went off the AI generated answer. here's some links, i was off but the number is still significant.

50% users under 30 (gen z). only counts 18-30, estimate as you will for those under 18 (to be fair she only referenced gen z): https://explodingtopics.com/blog/tiktok-demographics

total users in US is 170M: https://backlinko.com/tiktok-users

your call on if 85M users 18-30 is "[gen z] society".

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