But, given TikTok’s algorithmic siloing, I feel like the “global town square” experience is harder to replicate on that app than on others.

It’s absolutely true that the tone and content of the videos people consume on TikTok or Instagram affect their understanding of the world around them--but so too do their non-phone experiences, their relationships, their jobs, their mental states, their social worlds, their spending habits, etc. Why do doomers and reactionaries so thoroughly

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