Poems and writings

On tiktok addiction

Deleting tiktok was one of the best decisions I've ever made. And I think some of you should too. It's such a harmful place, I always see lots of hate no matter the community, and toxicity beyond anything I've ever seen. I'm not just talking about the alterhuman side of the community, but in general. Also, it fucks with our attention span, and I already have enough adhd to add short-form content on top of that.

The communities in there are so freaking toxic, too, and I don't know why. Theriantok in general gets a lot of hate from outsiders, and you'll say: "But Watcher, that happens everywhere!". No, it doesn't. The hate comments I see? I don't see them in tumblr, in youtube, heck, even Instagram is better than tiktok on deleting hateful speech.

I see the harm it brings everywhere, by the way, not just in the therian community. As someone who doesn't have the app, is so easy to see how addicted everyone is to it. I see it when my friends send me tiktok videos that I can't watch because I don't have the app, they send a lot in a single day and it drives me insane. Meanwhile I send them screenshots of stuff, so they don't have to enter the link I send them. I don't believe myself to be better by not having tiktok, by the way. But I see that I'm more grounded to reality, I think.

Before the comments come and hunt me down for this, I know that some people use it as a form of escapism. I know some use it as a form to cope with things. Scroll away and forget everything else, right? But there's other ways to do that! You can draw, you can write, you can go outside. Scrolling through content that is not going to stick in your brain is harmful for your health. Also, nowadays it's considered an addiction anyways, and there are already centers and places for people who are too deep into it to quit.

As an alterhuman, I prefer to spread my content through writing, anyways. I think it spreads more clearly my ideas, and it's easier to understand the point I'm trying to make.

For those doubting if you should delete it or not, I ask you this: What benefits does it give you? Do you find joy watching those videos, that content? Or you just open the app to waste time?