Have you ever seen people dancing in an app? That app is TikTok. TikTok is a social networking application and music video platform where users can create, edit and share their videos. TikTok originated in China and was launched in 2016. Currently TikTok has spread all over the world and it is certain that many people already know and also use it. In the Tiktok application there are many features that can be used such as adding music, filter stickers and adding effects to videos, live features, and others. When open the TikTok application, the videos contained in TikTok are like people doing their activities, sharing tips and tricks, sharing experiences, sharing recipes and others. There are also many people who give knowledge into the TikTok videos they make because the spread of tiktok videos is very fast and easy to reach a lot of viewers so that people will be very easy to watch. But with so many interesting things that can be watched on the application, can TikTok really drain our time when using it and harm us or can spending a lot of time on the application benefit us? There are things that make people always waste their time to spend a lot of time using the TikTok application.
One of the things that makes people waste their time using TikTok is the interest in continuing to watch the videos. Based on research conducted in Yogyakarta by one of the students, the results stated that the average student in Yogyakarta who uses the TikTok application is still within reasonable limits in the range of three hours a day. However, in addition to students using TikTok who are still within reasonable limits, there are also students who use TikTok excessively; from eight hours to ten hours. Based on this data, it was found that TikTok consumes a lot of time of its use. The number of diverse videos on TikTok makes users continue to watch these videos. There is a time and place for mindless scrolling, but it becomes a problem when it diverts your attention away from your work or other critical tasks.
TikTok makes people lose track of time and do nothing else so that it makes users less social interaction. Open the TikTok application all the time and do not do social interaction with the surrounding. This allows people who often spend their time watching the TikTok application to blend in with their environment. On September 9, 2020, some parents or members of the community in Dara Village, Dara Village, Rasa Na'e Barat District, Bima City, stated the same thing, namely that many teenagers frequently use the application. This tiktok social media and make it a habit such that they forget about harmonious relationships with other friends who are not TikTok app users. This proves that in addition to TikTok consuming time from its users, TikTok also creates a lack of social interaction that exists in society.
TikTok application provides an addictive effect for its users. That's what causes users to keep watchingTikTok videos so it's a waste of their time. TikTok addiction can result in a deficit in a user's ability to receive or consume content of longer duration. Longer content duration requires longer focus. The duration of the TikTok video itself is usually in the range of 15-60 seconds. Getting used to a short video duration—especially to the point of addiction—will make it more difficult for people to concentrate if they are presented with a long video again (dr. Fadhli Rizal Makarim, 2022). This demonstrates the risks of using the TikTok program for an extended period of time to waste time for personal health.
