Fair enough I guess. Didn’t mean to say they’re exactly the same of course, and Tiktok’s userbase seeming being a bunch of 14 year olds definitely doesn’t help it fare well in comparisons to other platforms, just felt there were definitely some commonalities, particularly when it comes to the way political discussions especially are constrained and made worse (in fact I think Tiktok comments have a character limit of 150 which is even worse than Twitter is nowadays).
Tiktok’s userbase seeming being a bunch of 14 year olds definitely doesn’t help it
Every New App starts out with a young user base. Idk how long that’ll last. In ten years, will TikToks still be for teenagers or will it be populated by a bunch of Elder Millennials and GenXers, like Twitter?
I’m more critical of the medium itself, which seems like it was designed first-and-foremost to deliver ads. And, as a result, everything on the site feels like they’re trying to be ads.
I think Tiktok comments have a character limit of 150
I’d forgotten they even had comments. Don’t think I’ve ever actually looked at a TikTok comment thread, but I have a sinking feeling it looks like the worst corners of YouTube.
