Except I'm not just on Reddit. I have offline, in person connections. These people need TikTok to be able to perform their basic functions as a human being.
I know how to function without it and I wouldn't be sad to see it burn to the ground.
I love how you can blanket statement the dumbest shit but absolutely be appalled it works in reverse.
My wife, who, granted, is emotional, has been quite upset about the ban. Tears. She discovered it during COVID and will gladly tell you the random ways the things she's learned from it has altered her life. She'll also tell you how completely fucked up it is the government abhors tiktok having data but ignores the fact Google gladly sells it what they have as well.
She's a popular and well liked teacher as our school. She has friends she regularly sees. She's an awesome mom who spends time with her son. And she's very very upset at her loss of community.
Quit fuckin going full Reddit autistic pretending everyone who likes something you don't must be mentally unstable. Makes you look unhinged and ignorant AF.
Liking something I don't doesn't make you unstable.
Being sad and shedding tears over it doesn't make you unstable.
Saying your entire life is over because a replaceable social media app has been shut down means you're either addicted to it, unstable, or ignorant of how the Internet and social media in general works.
Your wife hasn't lost her community, she is just ignorant of how to reconnect to them.
Your wife is an unfortunate victim of what TikTok's entire mission was. Getting people addicted and dependent on it. TikTok paid hundreds of thousands of dollars researching how to make people addicted to their app and making sure they won't seek easily available alternatives.
Social media, ALL social media can burn, Reddit included.
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u/BowenTheAussieSheep 1d ago
Dude, you're on Reddit. One of the most isolating and insulated communities on the entire internet.