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[–] 143 points 2 years ago (22 children)

I dont really understand this. Does tiktok have a group call feature now? Or are they equating short form videos of strangers to "hanging out"?

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  • [–] 68 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Yeah I would consider Discord as more of a space people can "hang out" in.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I use discord but I didn't realize how much others used it till I got new roommates. They basically have it perpetually open on the side, a perpetual portal to their friend network

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago*

    It's one of the easiest ways of calling and texting friends without exposing your phone number.

    I rarely open discord on my PC, but I have it as an app on my phone which is always connected.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yeah I open discord every morning before I open slack for work. I manage two 2k+ communities and am an active member of dozens of other niche communities.. Two of which involves members meeting up regularly IRL. It's the best tool for direct social engagement on the Internet.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    I wonder how much of the internet outrage about the bill is just astroturfing by tiktok.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    Here... On Lemmy?

    Fuck Tik Tok, ban all social media for all I care, the internet was much better with old forums and IRC.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    ban all social media for all I care

    Exactly. My problem with the bill isn't banning Tiktok. It's that it doesn't go nearly far enough. Make all social media companies turn off algorithms in their feed, or make them make those algorithms open source so we can see how they're manipulating us.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    As far as I understand it's the media's portrayal of the bill that's wrong, it's not aimed at TT directly but puts rules in place that TT can't respect as long as it's owned by a Chinese company.

    Correct me if I'm wrong, that's what they were saying in Canadian media.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The bill very specifically names TikTok and its owner, Bytedance, in its text.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's less about hanging out and more about occupying the time I guess. Teens hang out in a third space being social because it burns free time and releases dopamine. When you can achieve that by sitting in your room, getting dopamine by watching tiktok and sending them to your friends wordlessly, the need for the third space drops

    I kind of get what the Twitter post was trying to get at its just written poorly. Anything that's not them participating in the economy is considered bad.

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