alt Hacker NewsBut go just one layer deeper to 'why is every teenager using Tiktok' and the primary answer once again becomes 'Tiktok's recommendation engine'
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cloverich • yesterday at 9:24 PM
They are arguing its not the recommender that is unique it is the network effect.
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expedition32 • yesterday at 6:39 PM
No the primary answer is "teenagers do what other teenagers do". Remember we are advanced apes no more no less.
There is this curious word "influencer" which everyone uses but few ever think about what it really means.
I'm not a TikTok user, but I'm assuming the recommendation engine is there to keep eyeballs on more ads for longer. Maybe we should be regulating how often and how many ads can be shown on social media, especially to teens and kids.