Nick @ The Linux Experiment
Holy crap that’s bad, and that’s why I want nothing to do with TikTok, ever.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/12/22/tiktok-tracks-forbes-journalists-bytedance/?sh=1ebd75e87da5
EXCLUSIVE: TikTok Spied On Forbes Journalists

ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.

Forbes
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Show threadJack 🐧 Dec 22, 2022
@thelinuxEXP wow who would have guessed! Tiktok is stupid anyway I don't get why people use that app.
Show threaditsDigitallyDoneDec 23, 2022

@scaryplaguedoctor @thelinuxEXP

Quick short videos.

With how fast one can (without self-control) ingest media/information it shouldn't be a surprise that a shortening attention span is the end result (I'm certainly no exception, though not with TikTok; thank God).

However TikTok plays right into that. Short, easily digestible videos in an never ending feed.

That's why I'd say so many like it, because it requires little thought

Show threadJack 🐧 Jan 13, 2023
@itsDigitallyDone That's kind of sad in a way. People are just getting addicted to some dumb app and suffering from it.
Show threadTheoCGamingDec 22, 2022
@thelinuxEXP ...and this is why there are tiktalks of tiktok being tiktoilet
Show threadFirst_ThunderDec 22, 2022
@thelinuxEXP My question is, every other social media (maybe except for open source federated stuff) does the same. But because it’s based in the US and works in the interest of the US government, they don’t give a crap. But the moment another country competes with them, suddenly they care about data protection.
Show threadremote  Dec 22, 2022
@thelinuxEXP Why is this garbage piece of spyware so popular?
Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentDec 23, 2022
@deadlyremote I never understood it. All it does, Instagram already did before it, and I felt it already sucked back then 😅
Show thread TropicalPitcherPlant Dec 23, 2022
@deadlyremote @thelinuxEXP Because it makes children addicted.
Show threadTheKeyStrokerDec 22, 2022
@thelinuxEXP Hi Nick, are you preparing your rap verses for the battle?
Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentDec 23, 2022
@TheKeyStroker I’m not doing that 😂
Show threadNiceMicroDec 23, 2022

@thelinuxEXP  was predicting, that with proprietary software, it is inevitable that things like this will happen.

Are people still calling him paranoid?

Show threadHiIamInfiDec 23, 2022
@thelinuxEXP whenever I mention that I want TikTok gone from everywhere people often laugh it off. There is 2 reasons I want it gone: 1. It is absolutely addictive in a worse way than any of Metas or Googles products (which is why they limit in China HEAVILY) so why aren’t we protecting our citizens? 2. WHY are all of those people willfully sharing their data with the CCP? I don’t get it, I really don’t and it drives me insane.
Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentDec 23, 2022
@hiiaminfi I absolutely don’t understand it either. It’s IMO a crap app, that’s even more geared towards making people stick to their phones as most other apps are, and the privacy risks are insane. I doubt it will survive for long though. It’s going to dilute itself trying to find monetization and to imitate competitors, and once creators realize the money they make goes down with each other creator on the platform, they’ll just stop using it.
Show threadHiIamInfiDec 23, 2022
@thelinuxEXP I heard they are already trying to become a YouTube competitor. I hope the EU kicks them out next year and I don’t care how many „creators“ that’s gonna hurt to be quite frank. If you based your career on the addictive dogshit app backed by the authoritarian government - you are kinda asking for setback. But that’s just my personal opinion.
Show threadNightbreakerDec 23, 2022
@thelinuxEXP I wouldn't be surprised if other big tech platforms would do the same
Show threadAristotelis PapageorgiouDec 25, 2022
@thelinuxEXP YouTube shorts follow suit...
Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentDec 25, 2022
@aripapage I don’t think they’re as bad as TikTok
Show threadAristotelis PapageorgiouDec 25, 2022
@thelinuxEXP Sure, they do not spy on journalists. I just mean that the algorithm ruling the shorts introduces "controversial" videos among the ones I would like to view. It is probably because these controversial topics have better views in general. However the result is very annoying.
Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentDec 25, 2022
@aripapage Oh yeah, definitely. When an algorithm optimizes for views, it will inevitably push weird stuff out because that’s what most people watch…