The best part of TikTok is being able to see who is talking to you. Reddit has become less and less useful to me as I have aged as I can’t shake the feeling that I’m not talking to a person at all or if I am it’s a 13 year old edge lord pretending to be whatever.
So much information gains or loses value based on who is saying it. It also came out around the same time that every YouTube creator started stretching their content to 10 minutes minimum for ad revenue. I rarely want to spend 10 minutes on a single throw away topic which killed a lot of interest in browsing YouTube casually for me.
I know there are a lot of naysayers for good and bad reasons but if you are on the fence you should give it a try and it will likely become one of your favorite online spaces to spend time.
I feel exactly the opposite. What I like about Reddit (and HN, for that matter) is that it’s topic driven, not personality driven. I’ve been on Reddit for over a decade and don’t know anyone there… and that’s the way I prefer it!
Also, there are Reddit user analysis tools (such as: https://reddit-user-analyser.netlify.app). If ever I’m speaking to someone and get the sense they might not be arguing in good faith, I just look them up and if they have a history of trolling, I end the conversation.
I tried it. I was thoroughly entertained for a few hours, then I quit. It’s like junk food for your brain. Extremely high reward never ending content.
These days I preference 20+ minute content on YouTube that I mostly watch on my tv. Which makes me sit and carefully select something high quality rather than veging out to short videos.
Genuinely surprised to see a +1 for an app that is so riddled with security and geopolitical nastiness. Not to mention how awful this app is for young people's mental health.
>I know there are a lot of naysayers for good and bad reasons but if you are on the fence you should give it a try and it will likely become one of your favorite online spaces to spend time.
So much information gains or loses value based on who is saying it. It also came out around the same time that every YouTube creator started stretching their content to 10 minutes minimum for ad revenue. I rarely want to spend 10 minutes on a single throw away topic which killed a lot of interest in browsing YouTube casually for me.
I know there are a lot of naysayers for good and bad reasons but if you are on the fence you should give it a try and it will likely become one of your favorite online spaces to spend time.