I guess I have a different tiktok, or I'm just different, but I never swipe my finger down on tiktok, but up. But then I also don't use the algorithm. I open the app, go to the timeline of people I follow, watch the video and swipe up for the next, until it says I've reached the end, then close the app.
My point is that I'm not specifically doing this to avoid addictive behaviour, or to be different, but I thought that was how you were supposed to use tiktok.
Instagram, similar: open the app, look at a few stories of people I follow (tap-watch-back, so there are no adverts), go to the chronological timeline without the adverts, scroll until I see a post I saw the day before, then close.
YouTube: typically follow a link to a video interview, watch it, at the end play stops (I have autoplay off), look below the video for related videos and one will usually be another interview with the same person, I put this in the watch-later list for another time and I go back to the site the link was from.
Twitter: the app opens on the chronological timeline of people I f
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I guess I have a different tiktok, or I'm just different, but I never swipe my finger down on tiktok, but up. But then I also don't use the algorithm. I open the app, go to the timeline of people I follow, watch the video and swipe up for the next, until it says I've reached the end, then close the app.
My point is that I'm not specifically doing this to avoid addictive behaviour, or to be different, but I thought that was how you were supposed to use tiktok.
Instagram, similar: open the app, look at a few stories of people I follow (tap-watch-back, so there are no adverts), go to the chronological timeline without the adverts, scroll until I see a post I saw the day before, then close.
YouTube: typically follow a link to a video interview, watch it, at the end play stops (I have autoplay off), look below the video for related videos and one will usually be another interview with the same person, I put this in the watch-later list for another time and I go back to the site the link was from.
Twitter: the app opens on the chronological timeline of people I follow, but it has my prio list in the tabbar. I look at the two or three new tweets there that day and am done.
In my experience you have to explicitly and on purpose go to the addictive parts of an app to be affected by it. #TikTok #Instagram #YouTube #Twitter #SocialMedia
TikTok is both the most passive and engaging of social media apps.
Its intent isn't to activate your mind but to lull you into a hypnotic state where you react -- much like visiting a windowless casino where you compliantly respond to stimuli.
"Look! Flashing lights!" says TikTok as people flick up and down -- much like gamblers at a slot machine.
