In the process of dechudifying and delibifying what I see online, this was a crucial step. A black non-binary transfem can only take so much.
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what’s that, some kind of porn site?
Had the urge to upbear immediately without even reading the thread. I’m glad for you that you made that decision, i can say for myself that getting off all the hellsites was a pretty big improvement for my mental health, general mood and blood pressure.
I never understood the appeal of TikTok.
Theres some good content there despite its other failings. Same for isntagram. People make a lot of cool shit but dont wanna spend a bun h of time finding where to post it as theyrd mostly busy making cool shit IRL
I can imagine but, the signature style I usually see is people miming and lip syncing for 30 seconds, which is just unappealing to me. I’m used to long format stuff.
Assuming that is all TikTok is about is like assuming Youtube is nothing but reaction videos. Sure, these genres are really popular on their respective platforms, but it’s a small sample of what they have to offer.
It’s the algorithmic feed nonsense. At least YouTube lets me look up what I want to see, not roll the dice training an algorithm to not give me skimpily clad teenagers dancing badly, which is apparently the default. I’m here for zoo animals getting enrichment and woodworking content alone
I remember when it started here in India. It was one of the karaoke apps that was huge. It was mostly just like instagram videos but with karaoke and duets I guess. Then it gradually became a site with more videos like vines. It was banned in India by the brave modi govt to stop chinese infiltration as they put (but actually it was to fall in burgerland’s good graces). But it still exists in different names.
There is a sort of “in your face” aspect to the karaoke shorts that I never liked. Also it’s popularity makes me just automatically dislike it because of how ubiquitous it is. It was the same way for me on YouTube when AMVs were popular over a decade ago. Sometimes YouTube has some good shorts but, I never appreciate how the site pushes them on people.
Yeah the weird thing about the tiktok videos is that it is almost everywhere. No matter what pockets online it finds its way. Almost all social media have em. Singing karaoke style videos fell to the wayside and then just literally vertical long videos became flooding.
I abandoned pretty much all social media because my time could be better spent reading or watching something more long form.
Cannot recommend this move enough. Unplugging permanently from social media toxicity is one of the best things you can do for your mental health, especially as a queer person.
