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dont use tiktok its interface and algorithm are extremely good at destroying your brain regardless of what you’re watching, its like the worst and most powerful attention hog program

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I’ve enjoyed it for FoundryVTT macros, but everything else just feels… It’s way too frenetic. Like 10 people with ADD are competing for my attention.

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It’s crazy. The other night I was thinking I was gonna kill 15 minutes and relax by watching a few tiktoks before going to work on a project. Then four hours went by. Tiktok and to a lesser extent Twitter (and Reddit used to be this way for me, but not so much the last couple years) just eat my attention. It’s a problem.

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15 points

Ignore all that and just watch Mexican farming tiktoks, much better use of your time imo

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8 points

Rural Chinese tiktoks too in a similar vein

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6 points

Do you have any in particular to recommend?

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I have a bunch of reccs.

First, of course, my channel @SerLavarock, where I do a mix of gaming, lefty memes, and some serious shit:

Okay, now other channel recommendations.

They are funny and make some spicy stuff that might get them banned:
https://www.tiktok.com/@raysshittok

This guy has a lot good mini takes and keeps up with news, and does the famous tiktok adhd style videos:
https://www.tiktok.com/@evanlovesworf

The Majority Report just started their tiktok, not exactly radical but a lot of great info bites and dunking on libertarians:
https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm

GDFofficial does funny bait and switch political info dumps like this great video:
https://www.tiktok.com/@gdfofficial/video/7219412101419420974?lang=en

When cops do some insane shit this guy will break it down and you will be mad:
https://www.tiktok.com/@kes.io

VERY good and unique explanations of shit like the COINTELPRO with costumes and nerf guns and shit:
https://www.tiktok.com/@jrehwald15

Seen a few good employment law videos from this labor lawer:
https://www.tiktok.com/@attorneyryan

Really good summaries of imperial history and that sort of thing:
https://www.tiktok.com/@thisiscory

Info about imperialism, labor, racism and so on:
https://www.tiktok.com/@btnewsroom

EXCELLENT commentary on trans news and related topics:
https://www.tiktok.com/@erininthemorn/video/7216501886973709610

Info bites against western and capitalist narratives:
https://www.tiktok.com/@pamphletz?lang=en

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5 points

The moving left one had me dying, extremely funny

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Haha THANK YOU! :soviet-heart:

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Thank you!

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Erininthemorning is also on Twitter and has a blog and mailing list if you’d prefer to stay up to date without being on Tiktok.

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So the thing with tiktok is old or not it’s an extremely well crafted attention devouring machine, and i would reccomend against it on those grounds alone.

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Tik tok is the only app that successfully convinced me to delete it just through usage alone. Its incredibly effective, its social media perfected.

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I just watch tiktoks that I am directly linked to using proxitok. Can confirm am old.

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You’re just gunna’ be old and stupid if you do this.

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