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rliant1864 t1_jcao7yc wrote

Reply to comment by helloitsme_again in Why people are so obsessed with these booktok famous books? by nightOwlwhy

Daytime television is TikTok for people that still use landlines, nobody's winning here

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McGilla_Gorilla t1_jcb44cf wrote

Oprah’s book club brought a lot of great literature to the forefront of American contemporary culture in a way that no other outlet really has. Morrison, Whitehead, McCarthy, Franzen, JCO, Mistry, Tolstoy, Faulkner, GGM, McCullers, Robinson etc

Comparing that to the rape fantasy garbage that gets pushed on tik tok is ridiculous.

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rliant1864 t1_jcb78ch wrote

You can get good recommendations anywhere, that wasn't really my point.

I was just enjoying the irony of pumping up daytime television versus TikTok like they aren't both segmented dripfeeds of current pop culture and criticized in their day for it.

The people who mocked daytime TV originally in turn were probably mocked by people that got their recommendations from the Reader's Digest and National Enquirer, and they're mocked as young'uns by readers of literary magazines, and those whippersnappers are getting drek when they could be getting their family bible hand printed by the local monastery.

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McGilla_Gorilla t1_jccsjyr wrote

I don’t think this is a useful comment considering this:

> they aren't both segmented dripfeeds of current pop culture and criticized in their day for it.

Isn’t accurate. Oprah was recommending works based on their literary value, not on their relevance to pop culture.

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Legitimate_Catch_626 t1_jcciyom wrote

If you’re getting rape fantasies pushed to on Tiktok it’s cause you lend Tiktok to believe that’s what you like. I’ve never had anything like that suggested to me.

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McGilla_Gorilla t1_jccsunn wrote

Colleen Hoover is the number two most discussed author on TikTok. Sure everyone’s individual feed will look different, but she and similar authors are the most broadly represented on the platform

I don’t personally use TikTok

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thebeautifullynormal t1_jccktfl wrote

Not really I just got on tik tok and looked up.booktok and within 5 minutes I was given 3 different 'spicy books' recommendations. Also tiktok should know that dudes don't read smut.

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Bonezone420 t1_jciks28 wrote

Thing I Like Is Objectively Good

Thing I Dislike Is Objectively Bad

I Am A Very Smart Person

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helloitsme_again t1_jcdnn1d wrote

Ummm Oprah interviewed a vast amount of diverse people and her book recommendations didn’t come from trends but came from recommendations from a big diverse group of people

TikTok books are like garbage reads for bored housewives

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