> completely coherent position to dislike and distrust a platform, and still use...

lukev · 2025-01-30T14:19:14 1738246754

Network effects, lack of alternatives, and the difficulty of collective action are fully sufficient to explain this.

scarface_74 · 2025-01-30T14:41:31 1738248091

There is an alternative - group text messaging

johnmaguire · 2025-01-30T14:50:41 1738248641

Group text messaging serves a different function than Tiktok or YouTube - surely you know this?

Or are you referring to Facebook in this thread while strawmanning another user regarding it in another thread?

Do you realize your link points out that only 33% of teens use social media, down from 71% in 2015?

scarface_74 · 2025-01-30T15:20:41 1738250441

So what “function” does it serve being on YouTube and TikTok when you need to interact with your friends?

johnmaguire · 2025-01-30T21:31:45 1738272705

I don't really understand this question. TikTok allows you to post and view videos your friends can see. Beyond that, it's a form of creation.

YouTube contains lots of human knowledge, because that's where many creators have decided to post their videos. I can't choose an alternative.

reverendsteveii · 2025-01-30T19:10:08 1738264208

>If that were true, it begs the question why are "all the teens" using it then?

It's an attractor. The more people who are on a social media platform, the more value you can get from joining it yourself. Thus, you're more likely to join and then you joining makes the next person to come along also more likely to join.