As of September 2025, approximately 170 million Americans spend, on average, one hour every day in an app that is designed to maximize psychological grip. While Congress fixates on TikTok’s data collection usages, what hasn’t received enough attention is how the platform has successfully industrialized human attention itself.
  • nocturne@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    13 days ago

    When I last used TikTok (pre-trumpification of it) very few if any of the videos were 60 seconds or less, most were 3+ minutes.