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I thought about deleting my TikTok account for a long time but kept waffling about it because it always bums me out when stuff that's on the internet ceases to exist. In this case, it was more complicated because I really liked the videos I made there, but liked the things I was hearing about the platform less and less. A post someone shared on IG today put a lot of things in perspective and I figured since I had some free time today, I may as well go in and save most of my videos, then delete the account.
It took a lot longer than I thought it would! 852 saved videos later, I began the process of deleting the account, and then saw there was an option to request a download of everything. Oh well. I continued with the account deletion process and then deleted the app from my phone.
There's a lot of good stuff to see on that app, but the way it works ushered in a new era in content creation that I absolutely can't stand. Nowadays, people will do anything for engagement, and that typically means making bad contect just to annoy people instead of making something interesting that people will share with each other. Instagram is now much crappier because of this, so it's pretty important on that site not to scroll too much beyond accounts one is following.
It's pretty easy to see how the app became extremely popular due to COVID, which is when I really started using it. And when I got into water fitness in late 2023, I found something to do for a couple of hours each day in the real world. I don't know if or when I'll look at those videos again, but they're safe on our server in case I want to or, more likely, when I want to see a specific one.
It took a lot longer than I thought it would! 852 saved videos later, I began the process of deleting the account, and then saw there was an option to request a download of everything. Oh well. I continued with the account deletion process and then deleted the app from my phone.
There's a lot of good stuff to see on that app, but the way it works ushered in a new era in content creation that I absolutely can't stand. Nowadays, people will do anything for engagement, and that typically means making bad contect just to annoy people instead of making something interesting that people will share with each other. Instagram is now much crappier because of this, so it's pretty important on that site not to scroll too much beyond accounts one is following.
It's pretty easy to see how the app became extremely popular due to COVID, which is when I really started using it. And when I got into water fitness in late 2023, I found something to do for a couple of hours each day in the real world. I don't know if or when I'll look at those videos again, but they're safe on our server in case I want to or, more likely, when I want to see a specific one.
