Pokimane calls out \u201ctoxic\u201d TikTok for making users obsessed with image YouTube: PokimaneTwitch star Pokimane is calling out TikTok\u2019s \u201ctoxic\u201d culture and algorithm, saying that the app has made herself and other people \u201cobsessed\u201d with their appearances. TikTok is one of the world\u2019s most prominent social media apps \u2014 so much so, that it actually beat out searches for Google back in 2021. However, the platform has also been one of the most controversial of its kind, with multiple states in the US currently considering a ban on the site. Although the app has come under scrutiny due to life-threatening trends like the Blackout Challenge, it has also been called out for adverse effects on users\u2019 mental health. Now, one of the internet\u2019s biggest influencers is sharing some of her thoughts on the site, saying that she feels as though TikTok has made her \u201cobsessed\u201d with her appearance. Pokimane says \u201ctoxic\u201d TikTok has made people \u201cobsessed\u201d with appearances In a video uploaded on April 25, prominent Twitch streamer Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys addressed some of her issues with the platform, saying that her appearance has become a major focus of her thought process when creating content when it wasn\u2019t before. \u201cDoes anyone else feel like being on TikTok has made you way more obsessed with appearances?\u201d she began. \u201cInitially, it was kind of fun. Like, oh, I get to learn about skincare and clothing and see different kinds of aesthetics.\u201d \u201cBut after a while, I noticed it got toxic really quick. I started considering how I look before things that are equally as important, like what I wanna say, how I feel, etcetera.\u201d That\u2019s not all; the streamer also says that, as a woman, she feels as though her appearance ties into her overall \u201cworth\u201d as a person, although she doesn\u2019t subscribe to that belief, herself. \u201c[I started to feel like it was a] really, really important way to showcase my value as a human being, especially as a woman. I think that\u2019s something that we\u2019re not often directly told, but subliminally told, that that is such an important factor of our worth.\u201d Anys went on to speak with her fans in the comments, saying that although TikTok has taught her so much, it\u2019s \u201ceasy to fall prey to the addictive nature of social media.\u201d Social media can certainly have a dangerous side, as prominent TikTok creator KallmeKris recently revealed that she\u2019s been the victim of stalking after achieving internet fame for the last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane calls out \u201ctoxic\u201d TikTok for making users obsessed with image YouTube: PokimaneTwitch star Pokimane is calling out TikTok\u2019s \u201ctoxic\u201d culture and algorithm, saying that the app has made herself and other people \u201cobsessed\u201d with their appearances. TikTok is one of the world\u2019s most prominent social media apps \u2014 so much so, that it actually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}