This comment follows a pattern common in other comments criticising TikTok - the person says “this content I saw isn’t very good. Why would anyone spend their time watching X?”
> sexually suggestive thirst traps
Not realising that only they (and people with similar tastes) are seeing X. And it says more about them than it does about TikTok.
There’s plenty of room for thoughtful critique of TikTok and it’s current/potential impact on society - but this ain’t it. The original article by the economist is much closer.
Yeah people who complain about Tik Tok being filled with X bad thing are spending their time engaging with X bad thing. There's A LOT of really good content on Tik Tok.
I’ll go one better than that. I’ve never installed TikTok, nor have I checked out someone else’s phone with TikTok one it. I couldn’t tell you what the UI looks like even if you put a gun to my head.
So no, we’re all not on there checking out soft porn.
> sexually suggestive thirst traps
Not realising that only they (and people with similar tastes) are seeing X. And it says more about them than it does about TikTok.
There’s plenty of room for thoughtful critique of TikTok and it’s current/potential impact on society - but this ain’t it. The original article by the economist is much closer.