Absolutely. There is actually some very good and educational stuff on TikTok, just like Reddit. However once you go away from the purely educational content and into where the influencers, politics and activists are, it gets toxic very fast. Even trends like this whole “winter arc” that I am seeing on TikTok that focuses on fitness and improving physique easily can easily be a gateway for teenage males and younger men to fall into the alt-right pipeline. I was never into the alt-right, but I did have similar thoughts towards a very large and loud segment of women on the site (not in real life however).
Absolutely. There is actually some very good and educational stuff on TikTok, just like Reddit. However once you go away from the purely educational content and into where the influencers, politics and activists are, it gets toxic very fast. Even trends like this whole “winter arc” that I am seeing on TikTok that focuses on fitness and improving physique easily can easily be a gateway for teenage males and younger men to fall into the alt-right pipeline. I was never into the alt-right, but I did have similar thoughts towards a very large and loud segment of women on the site (not in real life however).