TikTok is a New Age Casino.
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It’s even like a casino just as a viewer - you scroll through videos until one is a “winner” (makes you laugh, etc) and keep scrolling because you know it will happen again, you just don’t know when. Excellent video - thank you for sharing her work!
So true! Literally happened to me just a couple hours ago. I deleted Tiktok lol
YES!
True.
I feel shorts are turning youtube into this too 😢
Woah 😂 so true
It’s wild out here ! It’s like all these young people think that they can be a “STAR” no one has goals other than being Tik tok famous 🤦🏽♀️
Very unsettling
“your content should be a reflection of your spirit, how you feel, the experiences that you have - and then you share that with the world as an offering."
thank you so much for this.
I've literally been thinking this lately!
Beautifully said
facts not chasing money. If anything, attract money.
The flip side for the watchers is just wasting time in a dark hole! You can’t get back all the time you have lost and done absolutely nothing with purpose.
I deleted social media and got back on and seen that video, which I also used in a video on here and it validated everything I felt. I feel so much better now living in the real world getting back to my hobbies. So much better for my mental health.
I need to try that!
TikTok is so not a chill spot! Every time I open the app there’s literally someone shouting. It gives me anxiety and I find myself avoiding it.
Omg lol I don’t have tik tok
Samee it’s so loud trying to steal your attention the second you get on the app😤
I hate posting on there as a creator it’s like ugh lets get in and out it’s connection less it feels weird
@@Thekameriegibson wow your so beautiful 🌸🫶🏽💕 I don’t use tik tok. I probably would be on there all day from what people say it’s addicting.
@@NadiaPink you’re beautiful sis 💗🥰 thank you 🙏🏼
This is exactly how it feels! I was realizing even on TH-cam if I don't get as many views in a given week I search for that quick dopamine in other places. It's crazy the way these platforms are set up
I had manic episode scrolling through TikTok. At one point I notice myself just mindlessly scrolling in such a weird way, I was trying to stop myself and I couldn’t which made scroll rapidly through content without even blinking until I finally threw the phone across the room. I lost control of myself due to an app and that scared that sh*t out of me. I still go in now and then but not very often tbh. Be safe, know your intention on why you’re using these apps, be aware of your mental health when navigating into these SM waters.
😂😂😂😂
Get help
While SM apps are trash but getting a manic episode from it suggests there's more going on. Please get help
@@eyoo369 I understand the concern but I’m doing well. The reason I’ve shared this with the internet is to invite people to be more cautious consuming content, not much more to it.
Disgusting how unsympathetic the replies have been. Take care of yourself❤
Instead of betting their money, people are getting their thoughts, their emotions, their self concept and the things that make up their identity and can't get them back once they're out there. So many people betting all that for potentially nothing. I love the idea of being a creator. I love the idea of forming a community, but when I think about that - millions of people seeing me in my bedroom, hearing my truest beliefs, seeing the energy in my eyes, my voice, my soul, and never being able to take it back? That's a huge risk for me, for my identity, for my relationship with myself. And that's something I really need to be sure I'm ready for if I ever go for it.
Yeah... that why I stay off social media. The ppl behind it are up to no good. They're playing us like a fiddle. And it is affecting us.
There is other content to provide besides personal information. Just saying.
Never thought about it this way. Thank you for this shift in perspective
I’ve been implementing five to thirty minutes of no social media time throughout my day and honestly as a creator it helps keep my head clear. Because you can find yourself down these deep four hour video essays that have nothing to do with your passion, but you’re just filling the time. That’s what social media has become a time filler.
Time filler = time killer
I wasted so much time watching TH-cam videos that I don't create my own
POST & GHOST. New mantra unlocked.
💯
1,000 percent agree! My hubby and I talk about this all the time. Making content is fun when it comes from a place of love. But when there’s an agenda behind it, it breaks down all the joy. I didn’t get into this to feel bad about myself and burn out. I got in this to share and connect. Thank you for this great message!❤
Social Media can definitely cause us to rationalize behavior we would otherwise view as irrational.
That’s when camera phones are whipped out instead.
Social media uses casino tactics even if you’re not posting content, it’s trash
The entire Internet is a casino
Literally
This is definitely me. I find myself in a constant struggle to create and remain present on social media. I’m over it almost every other day. And the unfortunate part is that people don’t seem to trust you as a small business if you don’t have an online presence. This is why I’m really trying to grow my email list subscription and also trying to think of other ways to connect and build community because social media is taking the fun out of it for me.
Maybe use social media for your business presence only?
@@coldcloakmusic6630 yeah that’s what I currently do.
I frequently remind my clients, who have a desire to be content creators, that the algorithm doesn’t love you. Do, and love, your work - no matter who sees it or engages with it... know that who needs to see it will find it. Build in the real world as well as on socials. See the reflections of your work with actual people. Listen to, and with, your whole heart. Love the adventure. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us🌻
Ironically, it feels like a casino because it uses the same marketing/ psychological techniques of the casino. The app blocks out your screen so you can’t view the time, notifications, etc at the top or bottom of the screen. Just as casinos don’t have windows or clocks for you to not realize the time you’ve spent there. It locks you in and before you know it, hours have passed. It’s all psychological marketing techniques. It was created with the exact casino techniques, that app is by far the WORST app for several reasons.
I love this explanation.
This is why i got out of tiktok. Sometimes i install the app after months but then uninstall it in days.
TikTok as a platform is awful. The number of writer colleagues I have who have used the platform to market their books and while they have had some success, a common problem they have all suffered from is that several months later they have found their books have been 'stolen' and are being sold on third party platforms by someone else. For my own business purposes, I will NEVER touch TikTok. Instagram is bad enough, but TikTok is a whole new level of 🤮
Not to mention all the gazillions of BOTS. GEEZ. I have to block hundreds weekly!
Exactly!!!!
We should make it a goal to create social media content that gets us OFF social media and into physical community. I think social media’s purest intention is to inspire and move us to actually create something physical not to keep us watching or buying.
This is my goal. Encourage people to get hobbies and travel and create for themselves.
I needed this reminder, I was rushing to edit and post two reels to stay on the algorithm
Agreed! I stopped posting! Even going live is weird! People try to harvest energy. I’m coming to TH-cam & other platforms. TH-cam seems more chill. I know they all have their faults but tik tok is toxic! As a spiritual worker I heavily protect my energy!
the purpose is energy harvesting on the top of the pyramid
This vid is so true and amazing. I have over 60k followers on TikTok and I used to get viral videos every post up until I got around 20k followers my views started dropping and so did my engagement so I started posting using trending sounds and recreating or adding on trending videos and I shot up to 66k and I hated every single moment because I wasn’t making content that I loved I was making content that would make me “look cool”. As of last month I have not posted and I plan on taking a prolonged break because it was affecting me mentally and now to be honest I feel really good and I feel my creative spark coming back again. hope this helps someone
Woahhh, I love how you really dissected this...I remember in 2020 when everyone was getting on Tik Tok and telling me to post there, something didn't feel right in my spirit about it and it still doesn't to this day. It's not for everyone. Creators, lets continue filling our cups and only giving out of overflow!
"They let you win every now and again". What a gamble.
yup👆🏾
The thumbnail on this is fire who else agrees with me?
Every time you’re on TikTok they’re constantly trying to sell you something, or get you to buy something.
this is why i follow you. i see i aint the only one goin thru this as a content creator with 18k on ig and i run my own community on snapchat
Never would’ve thought to make the comparison between TikTok and a casino but it’s so true! Both are highly reinforcing as far as earning a reward at the end - you get that adrenaline rush from posting, earning views, etc. And you keep scrolling and gambling to sustain that high.
Been feeling this a lot lately! Wondering why Iv been pulling back. You said it best. Recalibration. Starting to feel more at ease with slower posting and more time offline. It’s ok to take your time! Love what you do Hindz. I’ll be joining the community on your app. Big love fam! 🙏🏼✌️🕊️
number 1 chill spot fr. your content is def part of a healthy diet, a true reflection of your spirit.
thank you🙏🏾🍵
You've created a community that does not rely on the algorithm or the casino, it relies on viewers who love your content on a deeper level. We keep coming back without the algorithm's help; we love you for you Hindz.
Yeaaahhh she hit the nail on the head. I'm very happy I started to divest from the social media hustle and bustle.
This was happening to me...and I became addicted to posting on tiktok. Then i started rethinking on the entire reason I was posting in the first place. Then I realized...it was to boost my business and earn money this way. However, the content had NOTHING to do with my business but I knew I would get a lot of traffic to my page! I started questioning everything and realizing that I was getting a high off of the views and likes and it had nothing to do with my business. Burnout happened. Now, I focus on my business only. The algorithm makes no dang sense sometimes either. Its frustrating!!
I wish youtube had the option to turn off shorts
THE VIDEO IVE NEEDED. I quit most social media besides TH-cam and Pinterest over two years ago and I didn’t realize until now that I didn’t love social media the way I do with TH-cam and I’ve finally started my TH-cam channel and have been thankful to find people like you!! Thank you for such helpful content.
today's age has instant gratification in so many areas in life. it is such a dilemma in having to wait, work for it and/or just simply can't have it. social media does not help imo.
So that Reesie Teesie lady was the latest jackpot winner? 😂😂😂
I’ve been posting quality content for a few years with barely any traction. It is definitely exhausting. I feel like the effort I put into producing high quality content is in vain. I don’t create as much anymore. I want to switch to doing longer form content for TH-cam. I believe the lifespan of my work will be longer.
Omg, I’ve been wondering where my favs are. Literally has gotten to the point maybe 2 or 3 of my favs show up. The rest is people I don’t know!
Not sure where my original post went but I really love the vibe from this whole vidoe cause it matches my thoghths exactly on how the plaforms work.
New creators get a major push in the beginning by the algorithm and you can also get a push every time you use a new tool. Another important one is trend hacking
Hindz, I just want to say that you have helped me so much mentally as a content creator❤❤
Thanks Hindz for yer videos, I watch em from time to time. Funny how they match my life when I am in more relax and sober mood. Thanks again for reminding me to take care of myself. All the best lover boys to all who is reading this, love is always available :)
Deep video I feel like im addicted to it now your right it’s an illusion I gotta just keep posting because that’s what I love
💎💎That's right, creating a community and personal brand is key. Ergo, a high view count is irrelevant.💎💎
So glad i found this community ☀️
I think my struggle with this is fear that I WON'T be able to create. I'm so anxious about my creations doing well, because if it doesn't, what about my life? Food to buy, a place to live? I'm scared of a career that I will hate!
I want to move toward a mindset of creating for the sake of creating-- the way I did as a child, but I'm scared. It's something I'm learning to move through.
Thank you for talking about this! I have been wondering, why so many small youtubers pop up on my feed!
I'm glad TikTok does that. This monopoly of content by a few creators was always a problem. It's good to put everyone on toes because everyone want the spotlight and if TikTok behaved like ig it would not be as popular as it is because people feel like they have a chance to be heard on TikTok
thank you so much for doing the study streams, they add a lot of value :))
I love this! I really appreciate creators sharing their experiences so that we can learn from them instead of just repeating the process because we don't know any better.
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Hey, man! I subscribed simply because you weren't yelling into your mic. My ears appreciate you.
Thank you for the calming insight.
Great message & reminder
I love your videos. I subscribed to you recently because you don't have that addictive, lower vibrational, greedy energy that's consumed many content creators today. You are a spiritual warrior my friend and are living in light and love and peace and that radiates through the screen. Every word you speak is divinely crafted and if we as a people practice self-awareness, we will recognize the awareness and light that NATURALLY radiates in others, like yourself. You're real and glow with positivity. Your intentions for a positive, abundant, harmonious, healthy, and joyous community is very clearly evident. Thank you for what you do. Your groundedness and daily dedication, down-to-earth approach is so needed and so inspiring King. I am so happy I found your channel and am going to your site right now to see your communities that I could join! People like you are the real healers of the earth and so precious. I am grateful for you. Never change ❤️🙏🏼
Love this video❤️❤️thank for highlighting community
Loved this topic.. so needed. Thank you
Even the scroll of videos kind of feels like a slot machine animation. It's that hunt for a quick dopamine hit, on both ends.
Your room setup is fantastic. You look like a lofi album cover. What a chill guy
"for the people who are wise you probably post and ghost and you're doing it because you love creating. and you understand when you create something you cannot control what happens, you can't. you can only put your best into it, share it as much as possible, that's what you can control. but once it's out in the world, it's out in the world."
wise words indeed, sir. and i have been noticing that on yt lately the push of new creators.
This is so crazy and ironic that you spoke about this subject today. I deleted the tik tok and instagram app off my phone a couple weeks ago just to detox myself from the doom scroll. Tik Tok i was honestly tired of anyway ( i went viral in September too) and then instagram was an easy scroll replacement. Now i decided to try to make content on here again and even now i keep going to my page to see if my view numbers went up! I was just journaling this morning about how i LOVE making videos but felt perplexed about it because i didnt want to get sucked into that casino trap again. This video was spot on and i felt it was made at just the right moment. Thank you for this!
This is SO ACCURATE and perfectly articulated!❤
Very well explained! Thank you so much for sharing this information. 💕
This is facts! Tiktok is definitely pushing a button. Algorithms pander to a specific community.
This. Was so. Good - I really needed that thanks Hindz 😭
You’re the only creator discussing this! Soo true
Absolutely. We can’t blame social media though. They are only playing their own game of casino like us. They are also attempting to make everyone happy and reveal the most liked content to give to you. It’s good to take breaks from social media, it loses its grasp on you.
Hindz! I haven’t watched you in over two years ! Finally see you on my feed and here I am :)
Loved this Hindz. Thank you for sharing your insights into this deeply relevant topic. Keep up the great work!!!❤️
thank you for tuning in🫶🏾
great perspective , thanks for talking about this
I feel like creativity for content creation and influencing has disappeared
I think about this all the time! The social media game this days is very challenging mentally. Even building my own community is hard because I need to “win the lottery” to build my community.
Right now I am struggling with creating videos on topics that are not well-discoverable. Such topics can help me to show up authentically and talk about things that really matter to me.
A big portion of my subs come from videos about travel but I don’t think this community is very grateful or interested in anything else except what places they can travel too.
And I keep making those travel videos out of habit at this point because they usually perform better and because they are easier to make.
You inspire me to keep working on those less SEO optimized topics…
This made me feel so hypocritical cause I swear I’ve always hated gambling but this is me 😂😂
Hindz just vibes , love it , loved this video!
Thank you so much ! 😮🌷
Great insights, thanks man
Crazy I was quite literally thinking this today, which is why I clicked this yt vid. It's cool that it's becoming a collective thought. And I've never had tok installed, but I've watched society, and tok has made things really bleak.
Mannn you said nothing but FACTS!!! I remember seeing her video and I was so happy someone was able to clearly put into words what these social media apps are becoming! A casino is the perfect comparison!!
I've noticed TikTok has changed my patience levels. Short video here, short video there. Now I want everything in a short amount of time. I see a long video? I click the x2 feature. I want to know what happens at the end? I SPEED IT UP!
And I don't like that, so I deleted the app a few days ago. I want to take the time to really soak in what I'm seeing/hearing.
This is a powerful video and a powerful message.
dope! did you credit the creator from the reference video somewhere?
Ikr I can't find it
Wow. You inspire me as I grow out of my superficial traits as far as social media.. Can't believe I clicked this early. 😂❤
Excellent video, very informative 👍🏽
I think social media period is like a casino.
I love this analogy. This video is very eye-opening even though I’ve already been thinking about this concept in a different way and understanding that maybe I should take a step back. But also remember why I started creating and posting content and how fun it used to be and see if I can get that same energy back. but this is also why I think maybe TikTok band will be a good thing give me another push to diversify my platforms and places that I create
this came just at a time i decided to take a hiatus from constant uploads. I felt this was some gambling game, always having to keep up with everyone, posting every day to every week so u wont "fall off", Ive always wanted to make my own cartoon, and i never got to because im always making short form content. I decided to just take the leap of faith. Stop uploading, take a break from rat race and just be in my own energy, Ive been enjoying myself, and find myself avoiding social media now.
Thank you 🙏🏾
I didn’t necessarily feel like this whenever I did TikTok I felt like I had a formula that I found work and then stuck to it so it wasn’t really a guessing game after that and I think a lot of niche creators might understand when I’m saying when you get us a lot of followers for one thing you know what they want to see you post so you keep doing that. But that feeling of dopamine whenever a video did do good is giving very much casino.
thank you 💚💚
Nah I use TikTok as my full time job . It’s very much a strategy and seo game just like every other app. Here and there they push out something random . But literally a strong hook, posting what people are searching for , and a bit of controversy does it every time .
Ty for the truth!
thank you for sharing
never thought of it this way, but it makes so much sense. appreciate this insight :')
You basically describing all my emotions as I upload videos! but I'm growing slowly but surely. appreciate coming here for a bit of an uplift before the day starts!
This is why it is important to make friends/develop a connection to your audience. If you have loyal fans they will seek you out.
I'm very glad I'm off of social media (other than TH-cam... I gotta stay connected to the chill spot somehow and don't currently have the means for the paid community). I just come on here to mindfully search for what I like. I hope it stays that way or at least that I can keep my own self control amidst the addiction
It's so true! In 2022 Instagram completely changed the algorithm and I didn't understand. I went from getting thousands of likes to a good 20 likes or 100 if I was lucky. I started making less money, tried to keep up with the trends, cried, gave up, came back, gave. up again and came back again lol... all of a sudden I'm getting thousands of likes again and my sales went back up somewhat. It's completely out of our control. When they feel like showing you to your followers or explore page they will and when they don't want to oh well for you. I surrender and put it in Gods hands.
This is so so true. Ive had to delete all apps except youtube.