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TikTok has no age gate. If adults "aren't young enough" to use TikTok it's because TikTok's content is irredeemable low quality trash and the average adult isn't as stupid as the average teen. Youtube doesn't seem to have this problem. Adults, even elderly people, can find content they like on youtube; youtube has both vapid trash and long form thoughtful content. TikTok's content is just awful cringe to a unique degree.

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This reminds me of the last time this came up in some committee and senior politicians were complaining how the app is just full of dancing teenage boys. It’s not. As a longtime user of both, I’d say the content is comparable, except on TikTok you can’t drag out a video to 10 minutes to make a bit more money. Also, all ads are skippable.

A good video isn't drawn out to 10 minutes. Youtube has videos that are an hour+ because that's how much time the content demands. MIT's OpenCourseWare hosts lecture videos on youtube. What does TikTok have that compares? Nothing.

I know, I’m just saying that the platforms encourage different types of content and for YouTube it’s drawing out what could be a 3 minute video into 10 minutes because it’s better for the creator and the platform. TikTok doesn’t have long form content, but what it does have is someone saying “hey, check out this YouTube lecture, this is why you should watch it” which has helped me find interesting things on YouTube that I would have never clicked on.

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