She's got the data and it's amazing.
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well, when you use the Catholic Church as your level of reference, you're setting the bar almost as low as it can get...
As much as it is a "duh" moment finding out that transfolk aren't groomers, it's great to see someone independently collecting this data.
She’s right, TikTok is an effective political organizing tool. I resisted it until recently, because I’m an elder millennial and jaded on social media, but when I left Reddit I finally checked it out, and it’s really something else. I’m sure I could see stupid dances if I wanted to, but I haven’t seen one yet. What I have seen, is dozens of hours of lectures from amazing minds, permaculture communities sharing massive amounts of knowledge, protests formed spontaneously that grow to large numbers… it’s a damn good site.
Interesting, I have a similar mindset to what you had, do you have any suggestions for creators or accounts which you find particularly worthwhile?
@africanstream is good for getting an anti-colonial perspective on African issues from the African perspective, which is so refreshing after decades of reading Western takes, which are always so paternalistic and propagandized.
@richard_wolff posts a lot, and I like to use his videos to share with people, because he does a great job of explaining highly complex topics in ways that are understandable without having an academic background.
@scientist.rebellion_ is doing good work documenting scientists and activists discussing the failure of states to take any effective action against climate change, as well as documenting the abuses of scientists by states worldwide for protesting.
@transformativeadventures has been super helpful in getting me started in permaculture, not only what he says, but also even things like (the pictures in the background of his videos can be used to find further resources and knowledge. I’ve gotten 10 pages of notes off his channel in the last two days this way. Sorry, idk why it got cut off and I’m not sure what exactly I had before, but I noticed that sentence just sorta… ended.)
Mostly I just follow hashtags though.
What hashtags if you don't mind sharing?
Union, abolition, socialism, communism, anarchism, solidarity, Africa, Marx, Marxist, anarchist, permaculture, sustainable, feminism, anticapitalism, leftisttiktok, lefttiktok, davidgraeber, Graeber, mutualaid, protest, directaction, and a bunch more I can’t think of now.
It's all just short form videos though right?
90+%. You can do longer form content, but it’s not very common. Playlists are often used to chain multiple short videos together into something longer.
I'm not saying it can't be good for those things, but I don't think it can be that good at them. Besides quick insults or pointing out issues, it is not conducive to discussion or analysis. It can be a few seconds that can get you interested in something, but it can't get you past that point. You'll have to go to another platform. Most lectures or political analyses require at least 15-30m, if not much longer.
TikTok is a platform that is required to be devoid of context because you don't have time to include it. I'm not a fan. It might be useful for outreach, but it will never be useful for creating actual understanding. It'll only breed the Dunning Kruger effect where people hear about something and think they actually know anything about it.
I feel that. You can have videos longer than 10m, and with playlists I’ve watched hour long content, but short bites are definitely the norm. 2-3m I’d say. It doesn’t leave much room for discussion either, as you said. It’s most useful for getting information out to a large group of people, quickly, that otherwise might be missed by many of those people. Great for basic concepts, and beginner courses, info dumps and calls to action, but I definitely don’t enter the comments often for a reason.
But that short time and ease of access gives it power too. It’s a great way to get to people when they’re otherwise too caught up for anything longer, like workers on breaks, who are most atomized, and most in need of agitation and education. If you can sow the seeds of understanding, and get people to want to learn more on their own, and provide decent resources to do so, you can help a lot of people. That’s when I use it, and I’ve been able to show coworkers videos I’ve seen because they use TikTok and they’re interested in what I’m watching, and then it opens a conversation path that otherwise would’ve been uncomfortable to broach.
She should probably get a remote starter for her car
She is an amazing person for doing this. More people like her are definitely needed.
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Ah yes cult leaders grooming children, a tale as old of time.
What the fuck she's 73? She looks great, I gotta start moisturizing
This lady is a badass.
Republicans are big on sexualizing kids and teenagers, and online conservatives are huge on The Wall mentality, which says that women become hopelessly unattractive once they've fully matured. So it's always interesting to see people who are staunch pedo enthuiasts calling anyone else groomers.
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