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I worry that tiktok is such an all-or-nothing system, you have to turn into a "maximally viral" artist to stand a chance. The tiktok system itself warps what co

• thenerdhead 4y ago
  It mostly is. Very unforgiving if you want to branch out to different types of content or even subjects. You become a person known for one thing that made you popular and it’s hard for most to break out of that unless they had an existing platform. You either follow trends or make your own. Otherwise you’ll fall off quickly.
• amelius 4y ago
  Isn't the same true for, say, apps in an App Store? Did anyone actually analyze what is happening there, i.e. how fair the system is or how much it is like a lottery?
• dopeboy 4y ago
  To be a self sustaining business, probably. For the hobbyist creators, there's a long tail of creators that don't need to go maximally viral and still enjoy a healthy following.