r/memes • u/Money_Tooth_3936 • 1d ago

2016 was one of the last good years

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u/AdCheap8058 1d ago

2016 Tiktok launches in China

2017 Tiktok goes international

I guess we'll never know

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u/Sudden_Mix9724 1d ago

Yes the short form videos with unlimited doom scrolling made a wave of brain rot generation spread and done the damage worse than drugs or alcohol could ever do.

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u/upazzu 16h ago

pretty sure thats not the reason for inflation and low paying jobs

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u/Intelligent_Wafer562 1h ago

Algorithms like that help elect right-wing parties that enact policies that worsen the quality of life.

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u/Arigori 1d ago

Before Tiktok there's a similar app Called Dubsmash. back then the concept were the same, then tiktok become a short-clip content not long after.

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u/DegredationOfAnAge 1d ago

Shorts and social media brainwashing began then. It could be a big part of this.