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I've been seeing this weird multicolored icon all around in imgur and reddit for some time now, but I never knew it was Bytedance (or even knew this company exi
by geoah 8y ago
I've been seeing this weird multicolored icon all around in imgur and reddit for some time now, but I never knew it was Bytedance (or even knew this company existed.) Never cared enough to do a reverse image search but it always amazed me that it was all over the place.
- ttflee 8y agoIt’s absolutely viral and addicting here in China, as well as the news aggreation app ‘Jinri Toutiao’(Toutiao.com) from the same company. These apps could easily kill a large amount of time and the recommendation system behind is the magical sauce imho.
- reaperducer 8y agoTo give you an idea of how addicting this app can be for teens and tweens, kids in Hong Kong are risking their lives for likes: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2146904/i-risked-my-life-please-mobile-app-tik-tok-has-hong-kong https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/214690... Another article about how children don't understand the implications of putting their personal information in this app: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2146840/hong-kong-children-expose-their-identities-thoughts-and https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/214684...
- echevil 8y agoIt is the top 1 free app in China’s App Store for some time now