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I installed it for one day, then I removed it. Came back a few days later, then I removed it again, And I've been in this (vicious) cycle for a while now. Whenever boredom hits, something in me thinks of TikTok. It's impressive. Never had that feeling with other platforms, not even Reddit. To fight TikTok, i'm trying a different approach, getting to know what my bored self really wants and feed it something else.

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I’ve given TikTok a try four or five times now and for some reason it just doesn’t click with me. It’s not that I’m immune to this stuff because I really enjoy Instagram and I read HN fairly regularly. It seems that I’m somebody the TikTok algorithm doesn’t know how to serve.

I did see a few interesting videos, but nothing very compelling. How many dog videos or welding videos does one person need to see?

Instagram, on the other hand, is super sticky for me because I know the people I follow and it’s wonderful to see a photo of them and message back and forth once in a while.

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