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It's on the same level as bumfights. Commercial exploitation of desperate people.

I came here to say this. What’s funny to 13-year olds stops being funny at some point, but it seems like everything in our culture is being targeted towards that demographic.

Everything is calculated as lifetime subscriber value now so kids are inherently worth more to market to.

Thanks for that. I noticed this phenomenon but struggled to articulate it.

How are they being exploited? Assuming TikTok skims some revenue off the top, they are still being exploited far less than they would by any form of traditional employment.

TikTok is a mirror to the suffering and depravity that occurs in these places. We should be focused collectively on trying to make conditions better for these people, not trying to smash the mirror.

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