Top 10 Reasons Why TikTok Sucks
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It’s not a safe place for little kids to spend time online
Nowadays, little children and young teenagers are inspired and promoted to wear inappropriate clothing to be "trendy" in 2021 by their famous idols. Just the other day, I saw a young child, less than 5, who was dressed in what a 21 would wear. Sure, that "fit" may seem adorable and trendy, but you never know who is around your child, and what their intentions are. Obviously, I don't mean to shame the child, nor the parents, I'm just saying that they should be more aware of the dangers. Additionally, the "trends", whether it being makeup, clothing, or skincare, is completely useless. I was shocked to see what middle schoolers look like now; a face full of makeup, extremely revealing clothing, and obnoxious behavior. I also once came across this video where these 12 year-olds where in a forest, doing God knows what, and the comment section was supportive with comments like "Purr!" I don't mean to shame, but don't you think it's a bit weird? And kids have access to these inappropriate videos! The point is, TikTok has encouraged their users to comply with the ongoing standards, and forcing young children into adulthood.
- All this coming from a female of 16 years of age.
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There’s nothing original on there
It's just posting videos, sharing them and watching others videos, just like YouTube and other social media, not really anything original about it, yet it's treated as the greatest app ever.
Literally most of it is copied from other websites or users.
The entire app is just people copying trends.
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It’s cringy
I agree, they do cringy stuff like dances, trends, some songs and etc. The "Emily" trend is very cringy and the backround music is very annoying also it is getting old it was made litterly 2 years ago. I say some trends are really cringe
Yes especially those awful dances. I have an account on tiktok but I rarely used it. I have an accounts on Youtube, Spotify, Quora and Duolingo.
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Users can put up racist videos
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The commercials are annoying
I hate seeing their ads on my phone.
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Loads of little kids use it
Because lots of little kids use it, they could easily be exposed to toxic behavior, further downgrading their behaviors.
It should be 13+ Kids Watch tiktok And most of them don't Care about helping their parents.
There's a reason COPPA exists, and although they had ruined YouTube, there IS a reason.
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Users idolize serial killers
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Users make fun of autistic people
One there was a video and the comments of the video were saying "I'm going to dis autism myself" and etc.
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There are lots of trolls
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Some videos aren’t funny
There has been many rare times where I have genuinely laughed at a tik tok.
Some videos? More like none of the videos
Yes. Most of them are cringy and annoying.
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Users are anti-Semitic
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It’s everywhere
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People post videos of them swearing
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People are addicted to it
This applies to lots of other things as well, but being addicted to something is never a good sign.
One kid in my school whose name starts with D is completely obsessed with TikTok and that is literally all that he cares about.
It's like a mental parasite that sucks your attention span away.
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It's full of pedophiles
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It's full of kids wearing revealing clothes
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Some challenges are downright offensive
I agree, I don't want to live on this planet anymore with people making fun of autistic people and making fun of George Floyd. What kind of person would start such a thing?
I don't hate Tik Tok, I think it can be fun, but when things get offensive, that crosses the line. The autism challenge was extremely offensive, and others are just stupid, like the coronavirus challenge.
Take the "autism challenge" for example. It's extremely disrespectful to us autistic people.
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It's killing music
Most popular songs these days have been made famous by Tik Tok, not only that but the application is also helping non-talents (or just uninteresting artists) become popular while there are musicians working their asses off who still haven't had the popularity they would deserve way more than these talentless hacks. I'm thinking about Lil Mosey and DripReport to name a few. Because of that trend, most artists are trying so hard to make a song that will go viral on Tik Tok, which is another step backwards in quality.
Most tiktok songs suck especially those Kardashiancore songs such as Twimminem.
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It started a trend called "devious lick" which is about students vandalizing and stealing property
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It has become toxic
Whoever added this to my list, it is one of the best reasons on the list. SOO TOXIC!
It's been toxic since it was created.
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Watching it lowers your IQ
Just thinking about TikTok makes some of my brain cells die.
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It's spyware
If you wouldn't download GoGuardian, then why would you download TikTok? Both of them spy on you.
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It normalizes animal abuse
Just look it up there are videos of baby bunnies being forcefully put into fake eggs, fish and turtles in horrendously small tanks, and I think there was an instance of someone who would torture their cats.
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It normalizes bullying
Bullying shouldn't be normalised. It's s massive problem in society and been like that for years
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It has hybristophiles
People were apparently horny for Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer, one of many examples.
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It has people who romanticize disabilities and disorders
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It is filled with toxic people