We know that a lot of politicians (and media folks) in the US are pushing to ban TikTok. It has seemed notable, of course, that European countries don’t seem all that worried about TikTok, which sh…

  • darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org
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    8 months ago

    I think we need to separate “social media” from “giant corporation social media”. News groups were “social media”. Bulletin boards are as well. It’s clear the damage being done is from Meta, TikTok, etc. so maybe instead of banning, everybody sue them for damages. And taxes. Hit them where it hurts, the pocketbook.

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      8 months ago

      I call Facebook/Instagram/TikTok/LinkedIn and all that garbage “parasocial media” to separate it from forums and stuff. They are just grotesque places of self-representation, or rather conjuring up an image of oneself that soothes cognitive dissonance. A dreamworld with little social aspects other than that you may browse others’ fake self-image and feel-good escapism escapades.