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I dont really understand this. Does tiktok have a group call feature now? Or are they equating short form videos of strangers to "hanging out"?
Yeah I would consider Discord as more of a space people can "hang out" in.
I use discord but I didn't realize how much others used it till I got new roommates. They basically have it perpetually open on the side, a perpetual portal to their friend network
It's one of the easiest ways of calling and texting friends without exposing your phone number.
I rarely open discord on my PC, but I have it as an app on my phone which is always connected.
Yeah I open discord every morning before I open slack for work. I manage two 2k+ communities and am an active member of dozens of other niche communities.. Two of which involves members meeting up regularly IRL. It's the best tool for direct social engagement on the Internet.
Yeah I was on board until the tik tok part
I wonder how much of the internet outrage about the bill is just astroturfing by tiktok.
I’d imagine a LOT of it. And they know their target demographic is here on lemmy, so…. Voila, it appears as if lemmy is collectively outraged.
Here... On Lemmy?
Fuck Tik Tok, ban all social media for all I care, the internet was much better with old forums and IRC.
ban all social media for all I care
Exactly. My problem with the bill isn't banning Tiktok. It's that it doesn't go nearly far enough. Make all social media companies turn off algorithms in their feed, or make them make those algorithms open source so we can see how they're manipulating us.
As far as I understand it's the media's portrayal of the bill that's wrong, it's not aimed at TT directly but puts rules in place that TT can't respect as long as it's owned by a Chinese company.
Correct me if I'm wrong, that's what they were saying in Canadian media.
The bill very specifically names TikTok and its owner, Bytedance, in its text.
Sure, but it's broader than that, any social media platform with ties to enemy countries could be banned.
Sure, I was just pointing out that this particular bill is very squarely aimed at TikTok, that's not a misrepresentation.
No, that's totally correct and what most media outlets are saying. It's the memes that are calling it a ban.
However, my problem is that any platform has this level of influence, not just that it's under Chinese influence.
I don't believe people are astroturfing on Lemmy yet
Probably not, but this meme didn't originate here. It was put here by someone who either legitimately agreed with it or just wanted content to post, but that doesn't mean the original was legitimate.
I wonder how much of the internet support for the bill is just astroturfing by facebook/twitter/insta.
Bingo. That and people upset about losing money but honestly if it's gone for everyone the market will fill the void on Instagram. See: Reddit vs Lemmy
It's less about hanging out and more about occupying the time I guess. Teens hang out in a third space being social because it burns free time and releases dopamine. When you can achieve that by sitting in your room, getting dopamine by watching tiktok and sending them to your friends wordlessly, the need for the third space drops
I kind of get what the Twitter post was trying to get at its just written poorly. Anything that's not them participating in the economy is considered bad.
The death of the third place predates tiktok.
Tiktok has DMs and livestreams, which can kind of shake out to be about the same.
TikTok live does have a multistream actually