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Yeah, I don't understand all the negativity here.

I met one of my friends on TikTok, on a post about an event going on in the city (when I'd just moved).

It's much more social than Instagram, etc. IMO.

Oh my God. You met one of your friends on TikTok and that's reason enough to absolve it of any negatives?

I just think it's less negative than Instagram, etc. IMO.

Having just moved to Austin, this is something I’m curious about. How easy is it to be social on TikTok? From my limited outside perspective, it seems the primary use of TikTok is watching videos, which doesn’t lend itself well to discussion or actually getting to know someone.

How do you communicate on tiktok? Direct messages?

Yeah exactly, comments then DMs.

I never really "got" social media and TikTok is no exception. People here call it addictive, but it doesn't seem to work on me.

I dunno, I guess I like long-form content like Youtube over this stuff.

tiktok is not a social network

Not with that attitude!