I used TikTok for about a month earlier this year out of curiosity. I feel like it still has significant effects on my emotional and psychological state months later. I can't imagine what it does to a person to use anything like it daily for years.
I could only imagine what kind of imprinting something like TikTok can do to a developing mind, especially if that person lacks any kind of healthy role models in their real lives.
Personally I'm glad that that the hyper-availability of information was something I experienced only after I became an adult, so I'm able to be more aware of how influential the firehouse of information and manipulation by algorithms can be.
Sorry, I was a bit too vague. Negative effects. For example, my depression got worse and my ability to cope with social contacts elsewhere in my life got worse (such as becoming more sensitive to perceived rejection, and consequently turning more to TikTok to counteract the negative feelings, leading to my reducing maintenance of real relationships).
