bytedance
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What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: TikTok Challenges
This week (and every week) people are wrong about dangerous TikTok challenges. This tragic story of a teenager in North Carolina burning himself with an aerosol can flamethrower is all over the media, with news outlets from Chicago to India reporting that Mason Dark was engaged in a TikTok challenge when he lit himself on…
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You Can Completely Reset Your TikTok ‘For You’ Feed
TikTok is addicting, thanks in large part to its algorithm. But it isn’t perfect: You watch one too many recipe videos, and, all of a sudden, the app thinks you want to learn everything there is to know about being a chef. If your For You page is a little out of whack, there’s now…
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7 Fitness Trends on TikTok That Are Actually Worth Trying
TikTok is full of terrible fitness advice, from long-debunked myths spiced up with new sound clips, to misinformation on strength training, to diet tips masquerading as “gut health.” A recent study on the platform’s messaging found a concerning amount of inaccurate and diet-glorifying content on food and wellness. But there’s another side to the algorithm:…
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This Week on the Internet: Who Is (Are?) Blackpink?
In advance of their new album, K-Pop band Blackpink has released a video for their song “Pink Venom,” and the online reaction seemed to dwarf everything else that happened on Earth in the past week — provided you’re about 16 and not yet concerned with student debt relief. But there is also a killer (literally)…