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Because it lets adult men watch young scantily clad boys and girls jump around for free. That’s the sick part to me. These kids (and they are kids) are basicall

Because it lets adult men watch young scantily clad boys and girls jump around for free. That’s the sick part to me. These kids (and they are kids) are basically soft core porn for pedophiles. And Nike and Amazon subsidize it.

theshrike79 5y ago
That's how it started yes, preteens and teens doing dances and lip-syncing to songs. But the kids have already fled to other platforms. The amount of content produced by people in their 30s and (a lot) over is staggering. You can easily spend hours just scrolling the front page and get stuff you like. And you'll never see any one under 20 unless you specifically go look for that stuff and engage with it. I do see scantily clad people, but they're mostly in their 30s or 40s. =) The TokTok algorithm is scary good, it makes Youtube and FB suggestion engines look like someone's high-school project...
- clarge1120 5y ago
  TikTok is an onboarding platform as well. It is being used as a place for people to advertise other wares and services they offer. And that algorithm is very effective. It's like Google in the 2000's: nobody really knows how it works, and so they can't duplicate it.
  - theshrike79 5y ago
    It seems that advertisers have figured out the "look" of TikTok ads more so than any other platform. Many times I've accidentally watched 5-10 seconds of an ad before I figure out it's an actual ad and not user generated content.
benjaminwootton 5y ago
What an ignorant thing to post. They have around 1 billion MAU. So the hundreds of millions over 18 are all paedos? For my sins I’ve wasted many an hour on Tiktok and it’s usually funny videos, memes and other mindless content so you’ve obviously not even seen it. Honestly, people should need a license to comment on the internet nowadays.... Jeez.
smoldesu 5y ago
That's a pretty broad generalization. I'd argue that since it's a Chinese company, they were more interested in marketing the apps to the entire family, rather than the most profitable or most active users. Traditionally, that's how Asian companies have found long-term success.

theshrike79 5y ago

That's how it started yes, preteens and teens doing dances and lip-syncing to songs. But the kids have already fled to other platforms. The amount of content produced by people in their 30s and (a lot) over is staggering. You can easily spend hours just scrolling the front page and get stuff you like. And you'll never see any one under 20 unless you specifically go look for that stuff and engage with it. I do see scantily clad people, but they're mostly in their 30s or 40s. =) The TokTok algorithm is scary good, it makes Youtube and FB suggestion engines look like someone's high-school project...

clarge1120 5y ago
TikTok is an onboarding platform as well. It is being used as a place for people to advertise other wares and services they offer. And that algorithm is very effective. It's like Google in the 2000's: nobody really knows how it works, and so they can't duplicate it.
- theshrike79 5y ago
  It seems that advertisers have figured out the "look" of TikTok ads more so than any other platform. Many times I've accidentally watched 5-10 seconds of an ad before I figure out it's an actual ad and not user generated content.

benjaminwootton 5y ago

What an ignorant thing to post. They have around 1 billion MAU. So the hundreds of millions over 18 are all paedos? For my sins I’ve wasted many an hour on Tiktok and it’s usually funny videos, memes and other mindless content so you’ve obviously not even seen it. Honestly, people should need a license to comment on the internet nowadays.... Jeez.

smoldesu 5y ago

That's a pretty broad generalization. I'd argue that since it's a Chinese company, they were more interested in marketing the apps to the entire family, rather than the most profitable or most active users. Traditionally, that's how Asian companies have found long-term success.