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why are social media platforms trying to be each other?

Instagram got rid of igtv and made reels which is way more like tiktok than igtv was. Now tick tock is doing stories where you can upload videos or even still pictures for 24 hours. YouTube is trying to be more like tick tock and twitter, and it's not even a social media platform. It's a video website. Just because it has a comment section doesn't make it social media. You can tell by the way the website/ app is designed it's not aimed towards commenting interaction. You can go your whole life without ever posting in the YouTube comment section whereas a social media platform comment section is integral to the program. I will also say social media platforms are going after YouTube with the newly rolled out ability to cut off comments or limit who can reply to your social media post. You've always been able to do that on instagram. On tick tock, being able to turn off comments became a feature shortly after the app became very popular. Twitter initiated turning off c

mutual aid all around!

I have been buying baristas at a particular Cafe food with my excess food stamps, because I heard their boss sucks. Around here, it's kind of rare for a business like that to have a shitty boss, but some food will hopefully help lighten their load. Being a barista already sucks, especially during covid and an uprising, then add having a crappy boss to it.