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The problem isn't they forget, it's more along the lines of their culture. In China, they do the {thing} first then apologise. On a related note, TikTok is jus
by rayraegah 8y ago
The problem isn't they forget, it's more along the lines of their culture. In China, they do the {thing} first then apologise.
On a related note, TikTok is just a rebranded version of DouYin [0] which was originally built by a small group of young programmers called Beijing Shaking Youth [1]. It wasn't until their recent funding [2] they sent up an office in the USA by which time the damage had already been done. Not only do they violate laws their app is riddled with dark patterns by US standards (all of which btw is normal in China).
If you go on LinkedIn and look up Jobs in Los Angeles you'll notice TikTok has 1200+ open positions. You'll also notice they're hiring people specifically to develop policies for each region.
[0] https://Douyin.com https://Douyin.com
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/9iy84y/whats_up_with_the_app_tik_tok/e6o2iwx https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/9iy84y/whats_...
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/08/bytedance-is-raising-2-5b-3b/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/08/bytedance-is-raising-2-5b-...
- nickpsecurity 8y ago" In China, they do the {thing} first then apologise." That's startup culture in the U.S., too. It was popularized by the likes of Facebook, Uber, and Airbnb. Chinese companies also do their own version of it.
- voldacar 8y ago>their app is riddled with dark patterns by US standards (all of which btw is normal in China) I've never used tiktok, could you give a few examples?
- zanny 8y ago"its easier to ask forgiveness than permission" is an ancient tenant of business at this point
- _bxg1 8y ago"they do the thing first then apologize" This isn't Chinese culture, this is what any capitalist willing to accept some risk does. If anything, they learned it from us.