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View submission: Anyone else not ever use TikTok whatsoever?
This plus, I have no interest in watching videos, even if they are 30 seconds.
Comment by NotElizaHenry at 20/01/2025 at 03:16 UTC*
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So like a month ago I discovered that instructional TikToks are what YouTube used to be like a million years ago. I was trying to figure out how to do a knitting thing so (after trying and failing for 20 minutes to find written instructions) I clicked on the YouTube video called “How to Do [Knitting Thing].” The actual instructions were buried 13 minutes deep in a 25 minute video. After almost dying of frustration I searched TikTok for the same thing, and there were five different 30 second videos that showed exactly how to do the thing and nothing else. It was a revelation.
I dgaf about TikTok in general but I’m pissed about losing access to non-bloated bite size instructional content.
But what I REALLY miss is Vine.
Comment by Kandiru at 20/01/2025 at 00:41 UTC
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TikTok is basically the blog equivalent of "meeting that could have been an email".
Just write a text post and I could read your point in 1/3 the time and easily click on any links.
Text posts are much quicker to write than making a video, so why bother with videos?