Some people (probably in particular older people) see the internet as the sum of everything (eg: Reddit + Facebook + TikTok + etc). Other people, I think, have less of a concept of the internet as a mass data collective and see it as more silo'd. And within those silos they feel that certain ones will have results/content that is more inline with their viewpoints, desired results, etc. So the result is we see some of these social media sites like Tiktok becoming very much a micro-internet to these users, and they specifically DON'T want google-style results that reflect the internet at large (and they don't want to use search modifiers to say only search tiktok.com).
In some ways we may be trending back towards the days of AOL/Prodigy/Compuserve/The Well, where you virtually hang out with "your people", and content that doesn't exist within your group basically doesn't exist at all.
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It seems more like a side effect of how everyone is trying to become an influencer than a new permanent state of being, but for the time being it can be interesting
"Best tool for x", "book recommendations" etc etc
Its such a shame the genuine good information is so hard to find and where you do its in some walled garden.
I'm old, but I would never search YouTube for how-to information. Videos are too light on solid information and are too hard to use as references.
Tiktok is worse, though, having even less information.
* replacing the steering rods on my Sprinter van
* restoring factory state on an ancient Garmin watch
* mixing adobe plaster
* tying a prince of wales knot in a necktie
Depends on the video.
I rarely use videos for how-to though. The written word is more convenient as it allows me to skim it and it’s easier to skip ahead. Video is good for demonstrating things where motion information is useful though.
I didn't know Tiktok could do this, but I guess life finds a way.
> More recently, there’s been a shift to entertainment-based video feeds like TikTok — which is now being used as a primary search engine by a new generation of internet users.
What does it mean to use an entertainment-based video site as a "primary search engine"?