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· @josediccus ·
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Toxicity is the fastest growing niche on social media





Tiktok is one of the weirdest social apps. It's where you see peak nudity, toxicity, human degradation, lack of empathy and discrimination. 


> More than anywhere? 


For example, there is a group of users who have become very popular and relevant as a result of toxic creativity: they see someone who has been in an accident and lost one leg, and they will say things like *"I am standing on your mandate."*

 On the surface, this appears to be a harmless statement, but it is actually a dark humor that is meant to mock the physical disability of the person on whose post they are commenting. 

People who understand the "dark humor" joke are now praising the poster for his creativity. In fact, they take screenshots of these comments and use them to entertain themselves on their various Reddit and Facebook pages. 

Instead of receiving rebukes for their "dark humor" posts, these posters go on to gain more active followers, then monetize their accounts, and then begin to hunt for people online to mock in order to satisfy their ever-growing audience.

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## The hunger for morbidity 

In the past, I've heard of muk-bang creators who eat wild things to entertain their followers. They eat live cockroaches, spoilt food, and engage in dangerous eating habits in order to gain more followers and potentially monetize their content. 

> Now this is not even my problem.

 If people choose self-harm to entertain others, that is their personal choice; however, it is extremely sad when people create an entire niche based on discriminating and abusing others in order to profit from monetization.


I have seen numerous posts like this where people try to gain relevance and potential followers simply by being toxic. Recently there was this little man who got married and also had a little child.

 For months, these two couples faced a lot of social toxicity from people who wanted to use their stories to advance themselves on Facebook. They constantly mocked the couple, and now that they have seen how popular they have become, they are still mocking them for having a child.




I understand that these things happen outside of social media as well. People are used to mocking others because of their disabilities.

 Recently, there was a Twitter trend in which people mocked a woman with Down syndrome. The things that people had to say were so disgusting and painful, and this is probably one of the problems with having a condition; it is not the condition itself, but the psychological abuse you may face from people who are "allegedly normal."



So, I believe that people take advantage of the fact that they are not physically present online. 

They can easily hurl hatred and mockery at another person, and because they are partially anonymous, they may not be using their true identity or pictures, and then they go on to create a morbid image. They call themselves the "King of Dark Humor" and other such titles.



However, it is unfortunate that people would choose toxicity as a niche or side hustle to make money for themselves. It is one of the most heinous things ever. You see accounts gaining massive traction simply because they know a creative word that can be used to mock someone online. The irony is that they have an audience that is constantly hungry for more, for even deeper darkness, and people eventually lose any natural sympathy that they may have had at the outset.




Content creation stems from the need to gain relevance. When people seek relevance, they tend to choose or stick to what immediately generates millions of views, and most of the time they ignore their sense of morality. 

I know a content creator who started making videos with women with big back sides, and because he received a lot of views, this became his sole focus. Seeking women from all over to feed his morbid audience with this type of content.



> The rising number of dark humor creators is particularly concerning to me. 

People in an empathetic human society would either block or completely ignore such creators, but the fact that they persist and even increase in relevance demonstrates that empathy is dwindling in human society. It all stems from life's unfairness, the fact that some people are privileged while others are disadvantaged. 

There are little things that matters in life that aren't really as little. It is difficult for everyone to have the same perspective on life because of their individual experiences. People die every day because they can not take heartbreak, mockery, pressure, or pain.

 Now these sad emotions are caused by their fellow humans. The other day a kid killed himself because it was alleged that he caught his girlfriend sleeping with someone else. There are different unfairness to life everyday and half or even more of it is caused by their fellow humans. 

A person on their way to work is hit by a drunk driver, becomes permanently disabled, and others continue to mock them for being disabled when it was not even their fault to begin with. Many of these events occur on a daily basis, and how people react to them can be very sad.



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@babygirl888 ·
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Your post really hits home about the disturbing rise of toxicity on social media. It's heartbreaking to see people mocking others' suffering for views and followers. Empathy seems to be dwindling, and it's a serious concern. We need to promote kindness and understanding online.
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@josediccus ·
Well, if it makes money and builds followers, there are people who turns it into a niche
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I believe Facebook is the most toxic social media platform there is.
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@josediccus ·
Well yes, Facebook can be toxic too
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@gadrian ·
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That's one good reason why I don't make a TikTok account, despite being so popular. I went even further and convinced my parents not to have one, even though they wanted to have one, because there's a big fuss in our country about TikTok and they were curious, and also... many people we know started having accounts there.
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@josediccus ·
I have a tiktok account but the only main reasons are because I follow a few people that share contents about my condition, second reason is because I actually opened the account to do some social tasks.. that I was paid for, way back. 
Unfortunately this means I now have to put up with the dark side of it. Of course I can always choose not to look at it. 
I think you made a reasonable choice, it's a very dark place most of the times and people can do unreasonable things there. 

What was the issue you had with your country?
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@gadrian ·
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The most recent example was a young man who was dying (and died) from overdose while his supplier livestreamed it on TikTok and made fun of him. Made quite an impression these days.
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@jfang003 "It's sad to see how bad Tiktok and other shortform..."
It's sad to see how bad Tiktok and other shortform videos have made people so horrible. It's one reason why I don't visit any of those sites. It just doesn't seem worth it.
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@josediccus ·
Well I visit tiktok once in a while, and truly it can be a toxic place. I use it because of some specific online tasks that I need to do
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@thebighigg ·
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Degeneration of the human society to some of it's all time lows, and the loss of empathy is what's strikingly terrifying. This could produce a generation of people who are so unfeeling that it's scary.  Social media may have created some good in the world, but it's feeling more and more like a curse. People all walk around with a smart phone in their hand 24/7, kids don't get enough sleep because they're up all night on social media on their phones. Now we have this garbage...

The world has always been an unfair and rather tough place to live. It may be getting much worse if these trends continue.
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@josediccus ·
> and the loss of empathy is what's strikingly terrifying. 

I've had many people say so many terrible things to me as a child, a teenager and as an adult. 
Clearly having a condition or a form of disability means you're probably going to get target by someone either in real life or on the internet. So most times, I already just built a resolve. 

Recently I met a woman whose husband just died, and what people said to her online and offline were saddening, but because she probably wasn't used to such things, she broke down in many ways.
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