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I feel like I've been living under a rock. I've never heard of Bytedance. Is it mostly unknown in the western world?

tpetry 8y ago
> Bytedance Ltd provides online information and contents. The Company serves customers in China. Seems we never heard of it because we‘re not in their target market.
ReverseCold 8y ago
It's a Chinese internet service, so it's unlikely that you've heard of it outside of China.
mrleiter 8y ago
Among other platforms, they run musical.ly and TikTok.
ranie93 8y ago
This was helpful: http://bytedance.com/products/ http://bytedance.com/products/
- misiti3780 8y ago
  seems weird it does not force redirect to https? https://bytedance.com/products/ https://bytedance.com/products/
  - samstave 8y ago
    It doesnt need to have the S in http - the AI does it all for you! Ill say it again A dot freaking I. Bam! $75B right there.
  - che_shirecat 8y ago
    Why do they need https for a static page?
    - yorwba 8y ago
      It protects the user from content injected by a malicious third party, e.g. their ISP.
- ObsoleteNerd 8y ago
  Ironically not, because their site hasn't loaded for the last 5 minutes that I've been trying to figure out what they are. Maybe they should spend some of that money on Cloudflare.
lake99 8y ago
I'm not in the western world, but News Republic is on plenty of phones around here, as part of the initial bloatware. I have not used the product myself, so this is not a comment on the quality of the product.
nihonde 8y ago
You have been living under a rock, although it’s not your fault. There is depressingly little information exchanged between east and west, other than reports on fringe stuff that emphasizes our otherness. If you knew anyone under age 20 living in nearly any Asian country (maybe India, Pakistan, Bangladesh excluded), they could tell you about Douyin/TikTok.
- ksec 8y ago
  It is surprising in the age of Internet where one expect information flows in seconds and things spread fast. The East and West is still very separated as it is.

> Bytedance Ltd provides online information and contents. The Company serves customers in China. Seems we never heard of it because we‘re not in their target market.

ReverseCold 8y ago

It's a Chinese internet service, so it's unlikely that you've heard of it outside of China.

mrleiter 8y ago

Among other platforms, they run musical.ly and TikTok.

ranie93 8y ago

This was helpful: http://bytedance.com/products/ http://bytedance.com/products/

misiti3780 8y ago
seems weird it does not force redirect to https? https://bytedance.com/products/ https://bytedance.com/products/
- samstave 8y ago
  It doesnt need to have the S in http - the AI does it all for you! Ill say it again A dot freaking I. Bam! $75B right there.
- che_shirecat 8y ago
  Why do they need https for a static page?
  - yorwba 8y ago
    It protects the user from content injected by a malicious third party, e.g. their ISP.
ObsoleteNerd 8y ago
Ironically not, because their site hasn't loaded for the last 5 minutes that I've been trying to figure out what they are. Maybe they should spend some of that money on Cloudflare.

lake99 8y ago

I'm not in the western world, but News Republic is on plenty of phones around here, as part of the initial bloatware. I have not used the product myself, so this is not a comment on the quality of the product.

nihonde 8y ago

You have been living under a rock, although it’s not your fault. There is depressingly little information exchanged between east and west, other than reports on fringe stuff that emphasizes our otherness. If you knew anyone under age 20 living in nearly any Asian country (maybe India, Pakistan, Bangladesh excluded), they could tell you about Douyin/TikTok.

ksec 8y ago
It is surprising in the age of Internet where one expect information flows in seconds and things spread fast. The East and West is still very separated as it is.