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How TikTok ate the Internet by Drew Harwell

https://www.washingtonpost.com...2/tiktok-popularity/

This Washington Post article is worth a read as it look at TikTok's rise in popularity.

-site had more visits than Google last year

-average American user spends 80 minutes /day on it

- 2/3 American teens use it

- the algorithm behind the app automatically curates a personal feed for each user based on how they interact with it

- creators can earn money with their posts

Helpful to know whether people are using this app as built to become addictive and is easy to use

10/15/227:55 AM

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Hello Nadia,

Lovely post. I discussed in my article posting of the, "dopamine loop" and that Tiktok videos are a perfect example to keep users hooked, as it creates our need to seek and the reward for finding something stimulating that keeps the dopamine running high in our brains. That is a big reason why I think that Tiktok is so addicting.

10/17/225:35 PM

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