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Never used it for obvious reasons. compared to reddit or imgur what is better about it? Just UX or does it appeal to your personality in that it is more socially engaging?

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If you're comparing it to reddit or imgur I'd argue you probably don't use social media enough for the differences to matter tbh. It's optimized for a different kind of content and browsing experience after all. It's much more similar to youtube but with shorter video lengths and a much more effective recommendation algorithm.

> If you're comparing it to reddit or imgur I'd argue you probably don't use social media enough

On the scale of 1 ( social media) to 10 (watching TV), reddit/imgur are to the left of YouTube/tiktok.

Your scale seems designed according to a philosophy that penalizes user experiences tailored towards fast consumption and prioritizing video content. Speaking as someone with a younger half-sibling in middle school, I would argue that one of the strongest social skills you could have is a strong awareness of YouTube/Tiktok culture. I realize not everyone uses the comments in YouTube/TikTok but if you acknowledge their crossover effects in spaces like Discord then I don't see how you can argue with a straight face that Reddit/Imgur are superior to either YouTube or TikTok. At best, I could see an argument that they prioritize different types of media and user experiences which would be true.

I didn't say they had better algorithms, just that they were better examples of social networks, emphasis on the word social.

Cheap, unimaginative, repetitive trite media of short content. More pathetic than the low quality general guilty pleasure one would generally think of. So if that’s your thing, then that’s your thing.

Nope, the content is extremely high in quality. And it super personalized to your taste. It's outstanding.

Still a problem we use it though.

I don't care for social engagement much, it's just more entertaining than anything else. The content and algorithm are outstanding.

It's my search engine for places to visit, things to do :) I usually just search for a destination, and scroll through the videos. TikTok videos IMO have much better quality than Google search results for travel topic.

Wait, TikTok has search? I never used it, but I thought it was endless scroll + swiping. I figured it would be miserable until it learned about you.

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