On The Spot: Thoughts on TikTok

I look at the settings of my 24 hours, and TikTok is the No. 1 app that I use. On the app, it doesn't show you your battery percentage or time so you can kind of get lost in it. I definitely use it when I am stressed and need to forget about stuff.

I think it’s addicting but it does not really benefit anything. It just gets you popular, I guess.

I don’t use it a ton–really just for classes or to introduce an AP stats topic to my students. I used it for a Beyonce lesson.

I use TikTok for about one or two hours a day. Yes and no, it’s a waste of time because there’s not much happening... But besides that it’s a hub for teenagers and millennials. It has a message to spread. TikTok is controlled by a Chinese company, so if you put anything on there that is pro Hong Kong they ban it or take it down, so that sucks....

I think it’s a pretty cool app you can do a lot of stuff on it. I am on it for about eight hours a day.

I use TikTok about an hour to two hours a day. I think it’s like every couple years there is a new social media thing, like Vine was one thing, TikTok is that next thing. I think it is beneficial and enjoyable and overall good.