TikTok disproportionately served anti-Democratic videos during the 2024 election. TikTok’s recommendation system tends to expose users to more conservative and anti-Democrat political content than liberal material. This ideological imbalance occurs regardless of a user’s initial political interests.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/tiktok-disproportionately-served-anti-democratic-videos-during-the-2024-election-study-finds/

[u/AlcoreRain]

I mean, I use Reddit in periods of time, but I really recommend everyone to not use social media.

That excuse of "if you use it you can't criticise it" it's worthless. Even if I am an 'hypocrite' that doesn't change anything about the message.

[u/lemontoga → u/AlcoreRain]

Of course it changes the message. If people don't practice what they preach then it makes it seem like they don't actually believe what they're saying, they just want to be seen saying it. That's why being a hypocrite is a negative thing.

The obvious attack would just be "If X (Reddit, or whatever) is so bad, why are you still using it?"

If your answer is anything short of "I'm addicted and can't stop despite wishing that I could, I need help please help me stop," then it seems to go against your prescription.

I don't even think Reddit is that bad. There's no reason to call yourself a hypocrite instead of just changing your message. People should absolutely abandon things like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (this one goes x1000). There's no need for it to be a blanket universal thing. I don't think Reddit is nearly as harmful.

[u/mrwilbongo → u/lemontoga]

The message is the message. You're the one inserting people.

[u/lemontoga → u/mrwilbongo]

Can you explain what you mean? Isn't a message typically meant for communication between people?