Quote:Tiktok is a psychological weapon and is one of the evilest businesses in modern history. TikTok is trash because Tiktok makes money from your misery. Tiktok is garbage because it is funding China's 2049 plan. CCP's Bytedance is making billions of dollars from AI technology that is ruining society. Tiktok makes money by destroying society and culture. Tiktokers are making millions of dollars and making lots of money from selling out to the business of China's Bytedance which is why Tiktok is bad and Tiktok is trash.

(08-14-2022, 01:22 AM)GeauxHomeLittleD Wrote: There is an episode on the most recent season of the television show "Evil" that involves a TikTok- like app and people supposedly becoming possessed by it. The reference to TikTok was so thinly veiled it was hilarious. I don't use TikTok because from all I have read they are the most "demonic" of apps when it comes to selling off all of your personal info and such. Also I believe it is probably one of the most addictive apps going right now and since I'm trying to spend less time on social media I avoid it like the plague.

(08-13-2022, 07:54 PM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: I am seeing more and more dopamine triggering videos turning up on YouTube.

The only places I go regularly online is YouTube, because I am trying to support a family member with their channel, and here. I never saw the appeal of TikTok or any of the social media sites. I gave up Facebook when the kids grew up.

Now it appears that TikTok is just the tip of the iceberg, and almost all the internet is being weaponized.

Quote:Tiktok is a psychological weapon and is one of the evilest businesses in modern history. TikTok is trash because Tiktok makes money from your misery. Tiktok is garbage because it is funding China's 2049 plan. CCP's Bytedance is making billions of dollars from AI technology that is ruining society. Tiktok makes money by destroying society and culture. Tiktokers are making millions of dollars and making lots of money from selling out to the business of China's Bytedance which is why Tiktok is bad and Tiktok is trash.

Quote:On March 12, 2020, Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a bill into the Senate to ban the downloading and use of TikTok, the Chinese social media app, on federal government devices. Hawley’s bill carves out exceptions for such activities as law enforcement investigations and intelligence collection, but holds that

no employee of the United States, officer of the United States, Member of Congress, congressional employee, or officer or employee of a government corporation may download or use TikTok or any successor application developed by ByteDance or any entity owned by ByteDance on any device issued by the United States or a government corporation.

Unpacking TikTok, Mobile Apps and National Security Risks

Quote:TikTok is breeding a new batch of child stars. Psychologists say what comes next won't be pretty


✅ The biggest stars of 2020 are kids who have gone viral on social media.

✅ Experts say these young influencers are even more at risk for developing problems than previous generations of child stars, as their lives are constantly broadcast (and observed by) millions worldwide.

✅ With social media, people have become obsessed with their own visibility. Whether they're aware of it or not, influencers are constantly fighting to be seen and battling that "threat of invisibility," said Ciarán Mc Mahon, PhD, the author of "The Psychology of Social Media."

✅ Child stars often become addicted to fame, and thousands of influencers fighting for attention may be extremely disappointed when they are one day unable to keep it up.

Quote:US Senators Call on Director of National Intelligence to Investigate TikTok, Other Chinese Apps (October 24, 2019)

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) are the latest to sound the alarm on Chinese short-form video app Tiktok, writing to the U.S. director of national intelligence (DNI) to assess the national security risks posed by TikTok and other Chinese applications with a U.S. presence.

(08-14-2022, 03:26 AM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: From 2 years ago:

Quote:TikTok is breeding a new batch of child stars. Psychologists say what comes next won't be pretty


✅ The biggest stars of 2020 are kids who have gone viral on social media.

✅ Experts say these young influencers are even more at risk for developing problems than previous generations of child stars, as their lives are constantly broadcast (and observed by) millions worldwide.

✅ With social media, people have become obsessed with their own visibility. Whether they're aware of it or not, influencers are constantly fighting to be seen and battling that "threat of invisibility," said Ciarán Mc Mahon, PhD, the author of "The Psychology of Social Media."

✅ Child stars often become addicted to fame, and thousands of influencers fighting for attention may be extremely disappointed when they are one day unable to keep it up.

Yep, it's been quite ugly.

(08-13-2022, 07:54 PM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: I am seeing more and more dopamine triggering videos turning up on YouTube.

The only places I go regularly online is YouTube, because I am trying to support a family member with their channel, and here. I never saw the appeal of TikTok or any of the social media sites. I gave up Facebook when the kids grew up.

Now it appears that TikTok is just the tip of the iceberg, and almost all the internet is being weaponized.

Quote:Tiktok is a psychological weapon and is one of the evilest businesses in modern history. TikTok is trash because Tiktok makes money from your misery. Tiktok is garbage because it is funding China's 2049 plan. CCP's Bytedance is making billions of dollars from AI technology that is ruining society. Tiktok makes money by destroying society and culture. Tiktokers are making millions of dollars and making lots of money from selling out to the business of China's Bytedance which is why Tiktok is bad and Tiktok is trash.

Quote:Abstract

In the present study, a hypothetical model examining the relationships between histrionic personality belief, need for social approval, desire for being liked, social media disorder, and narcissistic personality belief was proposed and tested. The effect of histrionic personality belief on the need for social approval and desire for being liked was tested first. Then the effect of the need for social approval and desire for being liked on social media addiction were tested. Finally, the effect of social media addiction on narcissistic personality belief was tested. The present study comprised 305 adolescents (165 girls and 140 boys) and they were administered the Personality Belief Questionnaire-Short Form, Need for Social Approval Scale, Desire for Being Liked Scale, and Social Media Disorder Scale. Before the proposed hypothetical model was tested, each latent variable was tested with measurement models to determine if it could be used in structural models. Findings demonstrated that histrionic personality belief positively affected the need for social approval and desire for being liked. The need for social approval and desire for being liked positively affected social media addiction. Finally, social media addiction positively affected narcissistic personality belief.

link:  Histrionic Personality, Narcissistic Personality, and Problematic Social Media Use: Testing of a New Hypothetical Model

(08-14-2022, 04:25 PM)Ninurta Wrote: I think there is something broken in me. I've never been able to figure out the draw of TikTok...

(08-14-2022, 04:25 PM)Ninurta Wrote: I think there is something broken in me. I've never been able to figure out the draw of TikTok. Seems like numbing mindlessness to me, and I'm not big on numbing mindlessness. Since it was engineered to be addictive to humans, there must be something inhuman inside me.

I've had a Facebook account for years, so that I could keep up with family when I was far and away. I use it mostly for posting videos marking anniversaries rather than communicating. During the initial part of the lockdown, I spent more time on it since I was out of work, and had nowhere to go and all day to get there, but FB took exception to my posts and "shadow banned" me. I figured that I'd lived 60 years without it, and could go another 60 without it just as easily. I never looked back.

When the shadow ban was up, I went back to just posting music videos to mark anniversaries, mostly deaths to make sure the dead are remembered, and checking for messages. All those folks got along pretty well when I wasn't posting to their timelines, so they'll do just fine without me. I don't miss it.

I don't understand this apparent human need for constant contact and validation. If you have something to say, say it and move onward. If you don't have anything to say, don't say it anyhow just to be moving air around. Life is too short to dwell on mindless apps.

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