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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: In flagrante delicto
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If you don't know what Tiktok is, the answer is clearly No.
I downloaded the App a couple of years ago, never registered just looked at it, then deleted it. Apparently shitpiles of people are using it and it's a whole new set of "influencers"
So do you Tiktok?
If you do, why? what do you get from it? Do you just view content or upload content? _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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No Way _________________ I am Da Man |
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stui magpie
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fairly adamant there, why? _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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Jezza
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Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda
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We’re all too old for it, lol. I also signed up for an account out of curiosity but felt like a granddad who just walked into an under-18s disco, never posted and never went back. It’s very much a "Gen Z" thing.
For those who don’t know, I guess the vibe is "Instagram, but for short videos". I recall there being a similar short-video platform a few years back called Vine, which was relatively popular but never on the same scale as TikTok. One big selling point is the ability to incorporate music, text and filters, so it’s a lot of stimulus in a brief period of time – which I guess is perfect if you have a short attention span.
What’s interesting to me is how different social media platforms have different demographics. Consider this forum, for instance – lots of teenagers were posting here when I joined in 2003, and now Jezza and I are in our early 30s and apparently the babies of the forum. Similarly, Facebook is less than two decades old, and most of us only discovered it 14–15 years ago – yet it’s now seen by today’s teenagers as an old person’s platform, basically something their parents or grandparents use. But it’s not like TikTok is the same thing but "cooler"; as far as I’m aware, you can’t really use it to share other stuff you found online or get into long discussions, and making a short video seems a lot more effort-intensive than just sharing a photo (I guess they still have Instagram for that). But it does make me wonder how someone like me – i.e. someone who likes writing massive posts and getting into debates – would use the internet if I were growing up now. I can’t imagine TikTok or Instagram would offer much to me, and I probably wouldn’t be signing up to Facebook if nobody I knew at school/uni/work was using it.
People eventually gravitate to whatever fills a need, but I do think that what’s available does shape the way we think and communicate. That’s my 2c, anyway. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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stui magpie wrote: | ^
fairly adamant there, why? |
Just never wanted to as Youtube does the Samething really
Good point David that most people use it now be Kids same as Snapchat _________________ I am Da Man |
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Presti35
Dick Lee for Legend Status
Joined: 05 Oct 2001 Location: London, England
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No.
I just dont get it.
Some of the guys at work live by it. Again, I just dont get it. Aren't these people embarrassed to be dancing and lip-syncing... oh but they're seen as hot so its ok. _________________ A Goal Saved Is 2 Goals Earned! |
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eddiesmith
Lets get ready to Rumble
Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Location: Lexus Centre
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Nope, never even visited it, only see videos sent to me or posted on Facebook. |
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think positive
Side By Side
Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere
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Presti35 wrote: | No.
I just dont get it.
Some of the guys at work live by it. Again, I just dont get it. Aren't these people embarrassed to be dancing and lip-syncing... oh but they're seen as hot so its ok. |
Hehe, I agree totally
I don’t tweet either! Though I’m tempted to join to read the comments! _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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Jezza
2023 PREMIERS!
Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End
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David wrote: | What’s interesting to me is how different social media platforms have different demographics. Consider this forum, for instance – lots of teenagers were posting here when I joined in 2003, and now Jezza and I are in our early 30s and apparently the babies of the forum. |
Let's not get carried away, I still have a few years left until I'm 30 _________________ | 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | |
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda
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Ah, for some reason I thought you were only a couple of years younger than me! _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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stui magpie
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Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: In flagrante delicto
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Sign of advancing age there David. _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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Pies4shaw
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It's OK, David - some of us think of you as permanently 17. |
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David
I dare you to try
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Perhaps it's not too late for me to become a TikTok star after all! _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Jezza
2023 PREMIERS!
Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End
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David wrote: | Ah, for some reason I thought you were only a couple of years younger than me! |
Sorry, David _________________ | 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | |
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