alt Hacker NewsI'm too late but I'm surprised HN crowd treats tiktok as some weaponized addiction machine. Youtube used to have a working recommendation system and it was usable too. Is it really bad to give me woodworking and learning chinese videos if that's what I'm interested in at the moment? If somebody is not interested in anything specific and just want to zone out, is it really different if he scrolls through tiktok or watches the same thing put into longer videos on TV or some other site? I see zero rational argument being made here. Should we ban bikes if they are the most efficient transportation mode in given area because people get addicted to them?
> tiktok as some weaponized addiction machine
It is.
> Is it really bad to give me woodworking and learning chinese videos if that's what I'm interested in at the moment?
Youtube shorts is pretty similar to tiktok imo.
> is it really different if he scrolls through tiktok or watches the same thing put into longer videos on TV or some other site?
Yes because TV is just stuff shown to everyone. You aren't getting personalised content.
> Should we ban bikes if they are the most efficient transportation mode in given area because people get addicted to them?
Do people get addicted to bikes? People do get addicted to drugs. Maybe we should ban drugs? Oh wait we do.