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
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Content: Normally, social platforms provide you with more control first. What I mean by that is you get to decide what you do and do not see immediately as you enter the platform. Take Instagram as an example, its central focus is to provide its users a photo and video sharing platform. You immediately are introduced to a feed of images and videos from individuals you chose to follow. The section of the app to infinitely scroll through recommended images takes a backseat to the images and videos from those you chose follow. The same is true historically from YouTube, and Facebook among other older social media. However, TikTok is recommendation first. As soon as you enter the platform you are hit with an infinite viewing experience of 15 second videos made predominately by young creators that you never chose to watch. This makes the platform immediately stimulating. TikTok’s mission, as it claims, aims to “.. capture and present the world’s creativity, knowledge, and precious life moments, directly from the mobile phone.