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Chris Trottier

TikTok is both the most passive and engaging of social media apps.

Its intent isn't to activate your mind but to lull you into a hypnotic state where you react -- much like visiting a windowless casino where you compliantly respond to stimuli.

"Look! Flashing lights!" says TikTok as people flick up and down -- much like gamblers at a slot machine.

thestar.com/opinion/contributo

On TikTok, the user is primarily passive, no longer charting a course by typing inquiries or searching for friends, but merely repeating two gestures: swiping their finger downwards, and tapping a “like” button. The algorithm takes care of the rest, continuously giving the user what they desire. As such, TikTok’s content strays away from text or even images in favour of quick dense video clips. TikTok is the most engaging social media platform, with its active user base of 1.3 billion spending an average of 25.7 hours on the app per week. A recent study published in Addictive Behaviors found that 8.7 per cent of their sample of college students exhibited Problematic TikTok Use (PTTU). For these users, TikTok’s hypnotic interface replicates the effect of a windowless clockless casino; what Natasha Dow Schull in her 2012 book “Addiction By Design” refers to as the “otherworldly zone” where “embodied existence in this material world is exchanged for a timeless flow of repeating moments.”
Feb 21, 2023, 08:22 PM·Public·Web
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