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xvetoday at 2:56 PM4 repliesview on HN

It looks like some are moving over to upscroll, anyone know anything about upscroll? what other apps are you using?

I remember when everyone migrated from MySpace to Facebook and I assumed everyone was going to just keep moving over to the next big thing every few years but that actually didn't happen. Facebook became an institution.


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stronglikedantoday at 6:17 PM

Nit, but it's upscrolled

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kmfrktoday at 3:33 PM

I checked out the website, and it looks more like Instagram than TikTok. We've had a few TikTok-like apps, and it didn't work out. Even the people behind Vine couldn't make their own Byte app take off:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huddles_(app)

TikTok showed that the platform lives and dies by the algorithm and ease of use. I'm not even a huge fan of TikTok's recommendations these days with too much slop slipping through the cracks. And their comment moderation is some of the worst.

If another platform ever gets popular enough, I'm sure the same people will find another way to neutralize it.

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lingrush4today at 3:15 PM

Nothing. These apps are mental poison. They're designed to be addictive. Healthy adults don't use TikTok or any equivalent.

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LightBug1today at 2:59 PM

Thanks for the heads up ... we're really entering some shitty internet times

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