The dark side of TikTok likes

Elizabeth Peppercorn The dark side of TikTok

Quarantine has left millions of teenagers, including myself, in search of ways to fill their time while socially distancing themselves. Some have turned to oil, drone calls, cooking, or learning to play new instruments. Still, one of the most popular ways young people are escaping tedium is through the social media platform TikTok. With endlessly amusing nanosecond-long clips, it's easy to lose track of time on the app. While it can be a fun and creative platform, it can be extremely dangerous for internal health and body image, especially with such a youthful following.

"In terms of its difference from other social media, it doesn't stop," LSA sophomore Shubhum Giroti said. "On Instagram or Facebook, you follow what you follow, and at some point, you reach repeated content and get off the app. With TikTok, however, the distinction is that it never stops. You can spend one nanosecond or 12 hours in a row on it. I suppose that it's extremely unhealthy."

A unique feature of TikTok is the For You Page. The FYP is made up of content recommended for the stoner grounded on algorithms that determine what that stoner likes to see. By constantly displaying new content, it has become one of the most addicting social media platforms. Megan Shohei, a sophomore at LSA, says, "It's the most addictive app" she has ever used.

Still, it should have effects they're interested in, want to see, and have a positive impact on internal health, right? Unfortunately, not if the algorithm is grounded in what observers like to see. For numerous people, the videos that they might spend more time watching aren't healthy. For illustration, Shohfi’s FYP is made up of lots of health and fitness videos. Still, she notes, she frequently sees an "unhealthy diet culture. The way that some influencers use TikTok to promote unhealthy eating habits frustrates me because youngish girls presumably see that and suppose that it's normal. I see effects like only drinking water for breakfast and extreme diets."

It's hard to control which videos hold our attention. Numerous videos on my FYP promote unhealthy habits as well. I find myself watching them because I'm so shocked and confused about how they're real. What TikTok sees, still, is that I'm taking the time to watch the full videotape. Thus, further videos like this appear in my FYP.

TikTok has a veritably youthful following. Nearly 40 percent of druggies in the United States are teenagers or young adults, and more than 25 percent are in their 20s. Numerous druggies are in their constructive times and are at threat of being heavily told by social media. The violent diet culture of the app has the implicit ability to begin or consolidate body image issues for all druggies, but can especially affect youngish teens who are formerly going through a period of advanced instability and confusion.

When pollsters were asked about the typical notorious TikTok joker and womanishness, veritably different descriptions were used. The typical lady was described by all as skinny, white, good-looking, good at dancing, and generally showing lots of skin. On the other hand, the typical joker was described as average and funny. My 12-year-old family formerly said to me, "Girls just have to be enough and wear a bikini" when agitating how to get notorious on the app.

I'm a strong believer that women should be able to wear and do whatever they want in their posts. Still, numerous youthful ladies are getting the impression that what society values are their bodies and aesthetics. When they see that notorious ladies are skinny, happy, they may suppose that they would be happier if their lives were more analogous to those notorious TikTok druggies. "A lot of notorious TikTok people are notorious because they're good-looking and feel like they have delightful lives," LSA sophomore Benjamin Servetah said. "It appears like how things are more efficiently, and it could contribute to what you're sensation worse about yourselves."

Social media allows people to only present their own stylish performances. Druggies substantiate beautiful, skinny, notorious people who feel happy and can feel bad about their own situation. The possibility that anyone can reach fame on the app is instigative, but it also means that those who don't get numerous views or likes may feel that the community is disapproving of them and that they aren't seductive or funny enough.

The app has numerous fun and intriguing features. People may relate to one another and express themselves on social media, just like on any other platform. Indeed, the dancing culture has positive features, as hips have set up an outlet to partake in their bents. From oil to cooking to fitness, TikTok allows people to be creative and gain recognition for their bents. Still, there are little to no positive impacts on internal health. Indeed, notorious TikTok druggies have begun to speak out about the massive quantities of hate and judgment they admit about their bodies and choices. Addison Rae, one of the most notorious womanish TikTok hip-hop stars, recently spoke out on Twitter about the body-smirching commentary she receives after being compared to a Goliath multiple times on the app.

The app has the potential for creativity and spreading positive messages that could potentially help internal health. For this to become a reality, druggies must still be apprehensive of their relationships with the app to maximize the benefits. However, those videos will gain less traction and show up on smaller people’s FYP if people stop liking and giving attention to videos with negative ideas about body image and unhealthy dispatches. The culture of the druggies must change for the app to change. Mindfulness and a conscious effort to spread positivity can put TikTok in the right direction.