While reading this post, I noticed the user is dealing with a problem where their last name is too long for the system, and others in the comments are sharing advice or similar situations. I realize how systems like TurboTax simplify real-world information by setting character limits. In reality, names don’t have a fixed length, so this can be frustrating for people with longer names. I can relate to this because my own name is also quite long, and I’ve had similar issues where some characters get cut off when entering my information. So I often have to double check multiple times to make sure everything is correct. It also shows that some users are not fully supported by these systems and I wonder why these limits exist and whether they could be made more flexible.

TikTok only shows the number of likes as an integer data type, meaning it tells me how many people liked a video, but it does not show different emotions like Facebook, where users can react with various feelings. So we cannot really tell whether people truly enjoyed the video or just saved or liked it to share with others. It does not clearly reflect viewers’ real feelings, including mine. Another example is text data such as usernames and profile pictures which are based on users’ personal preferences and do not necessarily reflect who they are in real life. This is why there are many fake accounts on social media, created for different purposes. Sometimes when scrolling on TikTok, I wonder why I see unfamiliar videos that I have never searched for or talked about. I think this happens because the platform collects data from my followers, and if they like certain types of videos, similar content may also appear on my feed.

This is a website where people can buy followers, likes and views at many different prices. The goal is to show people who follow you your influence on social networks to increase interaction. I think it's useful for content creators because they want to cooperate with business parties and those parties need people with high engagement and it's all based on likes, views and followers. With high views, posts will be pushed and appear on trends faster and create trust because we will often stop at videos or posts with high interaction instead of low interaction.

Based on my experience, this is a example of the usefulness of using bots as I have been using Instagram for a long time and sometimes fake followers who tag my personal account in a few promotional posts, the bots clean up and block them. I often use auto captions for Tiktok to easily translate many languages ​to understand the message they are saying.