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What makes it dumber?
Well, short-video format itself is forcing content to be superficial, disposable and "easy to consume" (for idiots) and the app is populated with users that think that that's a good format. Double wammy.
So 2, then.
There's nothing inherently good or bad about a video format. You sound like the people complaining about the bars on their 4x3 TVs when widescreen format started coming out.
I'll agree it's easier to consume, because it's made for the device on which it's being consumed; just like widescreen was made for theaters, and not 4x3 TVs
I'm not talking about resolution or aspect ratio here.
Sorry, you're right. I got this confused with the other thread.
Are you aware that you can have videos up to 10 minutes long on TikTok?
I wasn't. That's almost time for a decent video. But realistically, how many of those are there (and if that is what you're looking for, why not go to youtube)? 90% of tiktok is random people filming them self doing something irrelevant.
Pull up the top 50 YouTubers today and tell me how many of them are something you would consider "quality".
If what you hate is "random people filming themselves doing something irrelevant", I've got some bad news about the vast majority of accounts that post on YouTube.
In the top 50 youtubes there is at least some music artists. And while I don't listen to that kind of music, that's definitly quality content.
Youtube sure has it's flaws and is also full of crappy content. But it's not literally designed specially for crappy content.
See, if both platforms where a book, then youtube might be a shitty book, but at least it's a hardcover. Tiktok would be one of those 5-page books made of cardboard for toddlers.
If i had never used YouTube, I'd say the same thing about it compared to cable TV (in fact many people did). Flash back to MTV in the 90s and see what people were saying about music videos and their effect on society.
Ultimately, you're allowed to not like it because you don't like the format. It doesn't mean it's impossible to have quality content. It also doesn't mean it's more or less invasive of an app because you don't like the format (as my original assertion of this UnOp post).