Does anyone use TikTok?

[Tomconroy]

I guess it's a place for short videos. Seems mostly oriented towards young people. I tried to figure it out today but didn't get very far.
Does anybody think it's worth bothering with?

[radical noodle]

1. I don't use TikTok but

I think it's likely a way to waste a lot of time for those who have nothing else to do. I already have enough of those.

[snowybirdie]

2. Just tried it

Solely because my 12 year old grandson shows his training videos there for the up coming Little League season. He's so intense! So cute. The rest of it, I ignore. Constant notifications are a real pain.

[Emile]

3. TikTok is code for we're coming after TFG

[NurseJackie]

4. Define "use" ... I don't post anything there, but occasionally I will...

... watch a link that was sent to me, and I'll end up falling down a rabbit hole of strange and amusing videos.

[Tomconroy]

5. I guess I just mean look at. Don't think I'm interested in

strange videos. Might like amusing ones. Is this where the funny animal videos that sometimes get posted on DU come from?
I could look at corgi videos all day.

[NurseJackie]

10. I know what you mean...

I could look at corgi videos all day.

I know what you mean... before you know it, half the morning is over.

[dixiechiken1]

6. It can be fun but be careful...

I dipped my toe in a few months ago. I started by watching cute & fun dance videos. It went like that for a couple weeks, more & more, until I lost an entire Saturday - over 8 hours - scrolling up. I ignored my husband and my dog all day. That's when I uninstalled it and never looked back.

It's like technology heroin... you try it, you like it and it becomes addictive. Then, you swipe up, over & over, for that next "fix".

[captain queeg]

7. I look at it sometimes. As mentioned it seems mostly geared to young people.

A lot of short vids of kids dancing or similar. There are often some funny videos. It bothers me when someone will post some incident or prank and then stop before the end reveal, and say “like” to see the finale. I never do that. I guess it must be some status symbol to show how many “likes” you get.

[PortTack]

8. I use it all the time! It's not just fluff. Here are a few of the ppl that post there

Neil deGrassey Tyson
Jen Psaki
Kamala Harris
Oprah Winfrey
Merle Streep
Marcus Flowers and all kinds of other candidates
Tim Ryan
Doctors, nurses, teachers, researchers
Scott Dworkin
Aaron Parnus
Bernie Sanders
Red neck liberal
That’s just for starter

[Tomconroy]

9. I saw Dr. Forman from Yale posted his first TikTok video

A couple of weeks ago. He said his daughter told him that if he had posted a TikTok video then TikTok was no longer cool.

[milestogo]

12. Is Merle Streep Meryl's husband?

[LeftInTX]

11. It seems like the average video is 15 secs....