Have to love when someone can't engage in a reasonable discussion and they pout and block you. Suck it up buttercup. If you're too soft for the internet, stay in bed.
J.D. Sheridan (he/him)
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@ernie A Chinese company gathering data is not the same as a Chinese company that is required to share that same data with a government that is NOT FRIENDLY to US interests. Stick your head in the sand all you want, but I'll stick with the data provided through actual research, not a single interview.
@ernie wow, you interviewed ONE Chinese entrepreneur. That's called anecdotal evidence, not data. I'll go with the research that is already showing the domestic version of TikTok, called Douyin, which restricts the use by anyone under 14 by limited their access to it as well as the algorithm being COMPLETELY different. Douyin promotes and directs users to educational info while the US ver promotes and directs individuals to the crap we always seeing go viral.
@ernie look into the difference between TikTok videos IN China vs those in the US. Majority of those in China are educational and seek to better their own people, while those here in the US push idiotic trends with little to no educational background. Let's also not forget that China, as a political entity, does not have our best interests at heart and WILL use any and all info they can gain. I've done away with FB and rarely use Instagram any more. One wants to sell shit, the other is dubious.
@benetnasch I sub in the 2 middle and 2 high schools in our district and, as an anthropologist, I'm shocked at times how culturally unaware so many of them are. It's not really their fault, as it's their parents job to introduce them to many things, but I have found that unless it's already in their sphere of interest and/or they aren't curious about that which they do not know, many are unlikely to find out about it unless it's already mainstream.
@ewdocparris No quoted toots! The Cuckoo's Nest was toxic enough, one of the reasons I already had one foot out the door when the Musky one took over. Quoted toots may have their place but there will always be those jackasses that want to ruin it. If media wishes to use it, it's called a screen shot and embedding it.
@SergKoren the year isn't over yet....
@VampiresAndRobots while I don't celebrate, I can never pass up this moment...
@Giagia I only know it now as an adult after being a father of 4. There are a lot of things I wish I didn't know now 🤣🤣🤣