i feel like it's actually just an incestuous mix of thinking you are better than tiktok but still holding onto an immature version of yourself by being on instagram.
maybe i just see social media use as an inherently immature thing? (including lemmy)
i guess its a media that is intended for social use, but i feel thays similar to calling a cooked meal "processed food". like yeah technically correct (best kind), but also defying the indended meaning when most people use the term.
I think social media can be used for a large variety of things. Many important movements (50501 for a current example) greatly rely on social media to mobilize folks.
I find out about tiktok videos through lemmy or somebody in the family signal chat sharing them (if ever). Yesterday I found out about Baby Rexha (?) and Bad Bunny, which sounded like video games, but are music artists.