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After the pandemic started, I was sent home from college. With no classes to attend or any of my school friends to see, I had to find something to fill up all of this new amount of time.

I, like many people my age, turned to TikTok. For the longest time, I put off using and even downloading the app for no real reason.

Out of complete boredom, I downloaded it just to see what was so amazing about the app. I quickly understood what it was.

I realized that TikTok is very similar to when Vine was around. If you remember Vine, creators made six-second videos, but on TikTok they range between 15...