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What are your thoughts on Tiktok? (yujiri.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by LLVMcompile@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This post from @Yujiri@lemmy.ml https://yujiri.xyz/commentary/tiktok sums up my opinion

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[–] lunatichacker@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I like it. The content has no substance, but that's a feature. go there only if you enjoy goofy dances or lipsyncing. If you expect political commentary or educational content you'll be disappointed.

And your experience will be much better if you follow your IRL friends.

[–] Farmer_Heck@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I agree with you, but there is a wealth of valuable educational content on the platform. I've learned a lot about animals, ADHD, and gaming history on the app. I don't visit the side of the app that gets spicy with the politics, so I can't say how good the political discourse is on the app, but from the little bit that has made it to my FYP it seems decent enough.

If you're looking for heavy-hitting, well-sourced content, TikTok isn't the place to go. But if you want quick lil snippets of information, it's a wonderful resource.

[–] arun@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't used Tiktok ever, but I hear it's a good destination for fun content. Is there a way to access Tiktok on the desktop, possibly an alternative frontend from the official one? Similar to libreddit for reddit, Bibliogram for Instagram, Whoogle for Google.

[–] lunatichacker@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I have once made an alternative frontend for tiktok to bypass the indian tiktok ban. but I abandoned it because it was too much work to keep it working when they frequently make changes to the api and website. I don't think anyone will be willing to maintain such a mess so there won't be any alt-frontends