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> And you’ve lost all perspective by hopping on the bandwagon of a xenophobic moral panic

In my experience the people who lead with this non-argument tend to be the most privileged. It's always nice talking down to other people of color, isn't it.

> There is zero difference between Instagram Reels and TikTok garbage.

Demonstrably false.




>> There is zero difference between Instagram Reels and TikTok garbage.

> Demonstrably false.

Ageeed.

I put Reels on the bottom of the short content platforms - TokTok, Shorts, then Reels.

If you haven't used these platforms a lot, you wouldn't be able to tell a difference. Reels is boring. Everything it shows me, no matter how much I use it, always sucks. I lose interest in minutes. Shorts is decent but mostly just marketing for a channels main brand, but still gets boring after a little use or I'm back in the main tab. TikTok - where did the time go?

TikTok Live is also quite unique, never before I have I experienced other peoples lives so up close and (politely) invasively. Such a strange feeling seeing some family in India making clay cups, or the (Eastern European?) tile guy grinding for hours, or the loading dock somewhere where people are sliding massive blocks of ice around, or the Australian DJ on his balcony - while I'm across the world laying in bed at 3am.


If only twitter didn't kill vine, that was and still is my favorite short form video platform

I'm kind of surprised musk hasn't ressurected it


> I'm kind of surprised musk hasn't ressurected it

He did state he was looking into it, but I doubt it ever happens. I think they lost the archives so it would be a fresh start.




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