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i dont understand normies addiction to tiktok/reels/shorts. my sister will watch tiktok 12 hours a day like its crack. ive tried it and it just really bores me. at most ill watch some youtube shorts but my entire feed is just japanese cooking videos for some reason and that gets dull kind of quick. am i missing something robots?
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>>83125357
One time I tried TikTok, and within minutes, they were showing me a video of a woman jacking off a horse. I have not gone back to TikTok.
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>>83125386
my experiences have been far duller. it decided i would like watching videos about tractors and rural american meme videos, neither were very entertaining
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>>83125409
Woah.... maybe social media algorithms hate us >:)
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>>83125419
maybe, i dont know i figure im dumb enough that algorithms should like me
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It's called short form content and research shows it is highly engaging, by far the most valuable form of information out there. You can look at the number of books a person reads but unless it's woman oriented stuff like porn or generic ya fiction they aren't likely to go through more than six books a month. Even at 12 books a month non-fiction compare that to hundreds of videos a month. A short form can be summed up in two or three words, trivial to process and paints a clear picture of consumers. Try doing that with a book. What part did the consumer like, why are they reading it, what do they like? You're almost better off reading the lines of their palms.
Short form video on the other hand, it's not just collecting the videos watched, it's collecting what's skipped, rewatched, demographics, device information, people they interact with, nobody reads the eulas so you could even tap their microphone and hear how often they blow up the toilet. Constipation or diarrhea, there's a product for that. Sleep patterns. Many people are stupid enough they even wear biometrics. You can see their heart rate and respirations and use that as an added way of measuring engagement.
As for why it's popular, I already answered that. It's good for advertising and population monitoring. Look at the shit on TV. Nobody likes any of that stuff. Put it in front of them and they'll watch it regardless of whether they enjoy it or not. It's just how humans work. It was an intentional move by advertisers to stop producing shows like Andy Griffith and Gomer Pyle. Much better to promote gay life and city life. Captive audience, you can tell people what they like. From there you're just minmaxing to get them to buy shit.
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>>83125357
idk i cant tell you why anybody else does it
but im a zoomer and i have a shitty life and im poor with a dysfunctional family, scrolling just kills time
i dont have anything, i dont like anything, i have no interests or hobbies
i need to kill myself
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>>83125357
because you are are already on 4chan. Nothing turns your head to sludge like this place.
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>>83125386
>they were showing me a video of a woman jacking off a horse
Bro got the GOAT algo pull and threw it away
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>>83125599
Retarf, you have nothing because you just keep scrolling your life away.
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Instead we just refresh the fucking catalog all day like it's crack
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I can scroll for 30 minutes and

>see a first person view of an israeli war crime
>be taught how to make a mongolian dessert
>watch a shortened movie of a norwegian comedy I would never be exposed to otherwise
>learn an esoteric spell and occult
>follow the life a weirdo who talks to her cartoon OC
>see a newsreel about the epstein emails
>laugh because of a funny skit
>follow someone hiking in chinese mountains
>may or may not see an actual paranormal event
>get tricked by a decent AI video about animals
>agree with someone's unorthodox political views
>get a dumb cosplay whore dancing and promoting her OF
>cry because I can't help someone unfortunate after hearing their story

it's great (in moderation)
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>>83125357
Hot young women
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>>83125357
It was over the moment this shit came out. I get genuinely disturbed by people who use it, they're the final form of smartphone zombies. Imagine an active shooter or bomb threat. Would these retards even look up from their shortform vertical video slop? I mean they deserve to die, sure, but I'm more concerned about them getting in my fucking way because they're so retarded.
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>>83125617
>Nothing turns your head to sludge like this place
If you think like this then you completely isolated from other websites
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>>83125357
You can't watch tiktok 12 hours a day but you can probably browse 4chan 12 hour a day. Amirite?
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>>83125357
The redpill is that browsing 4ch is in essence very similar to browsing shortform web content.



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