Title: How TikTok Is Addictive. Psychological Impacts of TikTok’s… | by - | DataSeries | Medium
Headings: How TikTok Is Addictive
How TikTok Is Addictive
Psychological Impacts of TikTok’s Content Recommendation System
TikTok is Unique
The Audience
How TikTok Affects Us
What TikTok Does Well
The Attention Economy
Conclusion
50 TikTok Stats That Will Blow Your Mind [July 2020]
TikTok is now a tale of two apps. Most of TikTok's Western audience originally belonged to Musical.ly. Its Eastern…

Content: TikTok enables everyone to be a creator, and encourages users to share their passion and creative expression through their videos.” Although users can and do provide such content, the consequences of how the platform operates should be subject to rigorous scrutiny. Why would a platform with such an initiative employ a recommendation first approach? Would that not support captivation over creativity? If the platform aims to present creativity, knowledge and precious life moments, why is the content restricted to 15 second videos? The Audience
A staggering 41% of self-reported TikTok users are aged 16–24yrs old. Since the platform is restricted to those aged 13yrs or older and from the sentiment of those who use or recognize the platform, it would not be surprising if the platform has a much larger younger audience. Younger users are much more impressionable, and naive. It is easy to recognize the social dangers that occur when an open and auto recommended platform uses the viewing data of an impressionable audience to engage with its platform. At the very least, this may manipulate a younger individuals perception of what is to be socially acceptable behavior and what are well formed beliefs.