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by ronsor20 hours ago |
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upvoteby halapro20 hours ago|
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It's the kids' social network, you're just old.
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upvoteby wiseowise17 hours ago|
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> you just have intact brain

Fixed a bit.

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upvoteby LambdaComplex16 hours ago|
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As much as I want to agree with you, the people who like TikTok make up a significant amount of the population, and their opinions do matter--arguably more than yours, due to sheer numbers.

Smugly dismissing them doesn't do you any favors except for making you feel good about yourself for a few seconds.

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upvoteby wiseowise13 hours ago|
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You’d be surprised how many people don’t give a shit about TikTok. It’s just another blip in history like Facebook, Instagram, Vine, MySpace and others before them.
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upvoteby tedd4u7 hours ago|
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Regarding "why care." It's where a shockingly large portion of voters and adults get their "news."

• 43% of US 18-29 year olds regularly get news on TikTok

• Half of US adults get news on TikTok, 1 in 5 US "regularly" do so

• This is 2 points less than Twitter and two points more than Facebook

Data from Pew Research (Sep 2025): https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/09/25/1-in-5-am...

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upvoteby gzread12 hours ago|
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All of those were extremely influential and half of them had enough power to select a president.
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upvoteby asveikau19 hours ago|
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The way it starts is you pass videos back and forth with a friend. Then you find yourself chatting in the same app.

I'm mindful that it's less secure than other apps, but for a lot of chats it doesn't matter.

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upvoteby g947o20 hours ago|
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Says someone who has never sent a message to a friend over DM on TikTok.
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upvoteby Barbing18 hours ago|
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Hopefully
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upvoteby navigate831016 hours ago|
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Thankfully
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upvoteby adventured20 hours ago|
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You say that like the typical 18 year old has any idea what they're doing when it comes to proper encryption and communication safety. That is never going to be the case.

It's a communication channel attached to the most popular social network for young people. Obviously they're going to use it a lot. They use it for the extreme convenience.

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upvoteby Barbing18 hours ago|
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>never going to be the case.

And in a perfect world essentially shouldn’t have to be, at least inside expensive walled garden app stores.

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upvoteby zadikian18 hours ago|
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They might understand e2ee but not care.
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upvoteby m00dy19 hours ago|
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it's more than that.
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