> Social media is simply share x thing with either the world or a group of people or an individual.

Get rid of the very site you're on then?

> issue is when that is manipulated into you need to spend more time on them artificially

Yeah, like how hn has an algorithm that ranks stories to maximise engagement... obviously this is not bad but somehow tiktok is bad

>Yeah, like how hn has an algorithm that ranks stories to maximise engagement... obviously this is not bad but somehow tiktok is bad

When hn pushes 99% content other than tech then yes. It'll literally be the same.

So it's ok if hackernews "manipulated (me) into (needing) to spend more time on them artificially" because it's tech? Can you see the mental gymnastics is you're having to pull up make this work?

Nope, the key difference is the blast radius, with hn you might buy into very specific policies related to tech while on TikTok you can be exposed to seemingly endless directions even though you just wanted to watch tech.

> can be exposed to seemingly endless directions even though you just wanted to watch tech.

Oh you mean like Google search or maybe Wikipedia? Are we still talking about social media here because "exposed to seemingly endless directions even though you just wanted to watch tech." could happen on any website...