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Tiktok will definitely be replaced by a similar app if they don't start paying out to their content creators in a similar way that Youtube (still awful, but bet

Tiktok will definitely be replaced by a similar app if they don't start paying out to their content creators in a similar way that Youtube (still awful, but better) does. Hank Green has a great video[0] on the difference since he is on both platforms, and unless there is more compensation to the creators, they will get burned out chasing the high of the occasional viral video. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAZapFzpP64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAZapFzpP64

vonseel 4y ago
Possibly. But users aren’t likely to switch unless the content creators leave, and the content creators will stay if they have more views there than on Instagram / YouTube / etc. (actually, they probably just post the same videos to all the platforms, to maximize exposure at almost no cost). People always say X network is going to go the way of MySpace, but when’s the last time that happened? I wouldn’t say any of FB, Twitter, Snap, Instagram have died off the way MySpace did. Certain age groups may have migrated to other platforms, but these networks are so ingrained and established that millions of people can leave and it doesn’t matter. There’s still a huge population using all of the networks and unless a new app provides some new unique feature like Snapchat and TikTok did when people first started using them, I don’t see anything popping up to replace them.
- Parmenidea 4y ago
  Vine, Yik Yak, and Google+ off the top of my head went the way of MySpace.
  - jdsully 4y ago
    Vine is the only one that had real traction.
    - FractalHQ 4y ago
      And Vine was still growing when they shut it down.
sudosysgen 4y ago
I am very doubtful of that. A large percentage of YouTube content creators are essentially ineligible for monetization in any meaningful way due to various demonetization algorithms, and thus sustain themselves outside of YouTube. I imagine the same can happen on TikTok.

vonseel 4y ago

Possibly. But users aren’t likely to switch unless the content creators leave, and the content creators will stay if they have more views there than on Instagram / YouTube / etc. (actually, they probably just post the same videos to all the platforms, to maximize exposure at almost no cost). People always say X network is going to go the way of MySpace, but when’s the last time that happened? I wouldn’t say any of FB, Twitter, Snap, Instagram have died off the way MySpace did. Certain age groups may have migrated to other platforms, but these networks are so ingrained and established that millions of people can leave and it doesn’t matter. There’s still a huge population using all of the networks and unless a new app provides some new unique feature like Snapchat and TikTok did when people first started using them, I don’t see anything popping up to replace them.

Parmenidea 4y ago
Vine, Yik Yak, and Google+ off the top of my head went the way of MySpace.
- jdsully 4y ago
  Vine is the only one that had real traction.
  - FractalHQ 4y ago
    And Vine was still growing when they shut it down.

sudosysgen 4y ago

I am very doubtful of that. A large percentage of YouTube content creators are essentially ineligible for monetization in any meaningful way due to various demonetization algorithms, and thus sustain themselves outside of YouTube. I imagine the same can happen on TikTok.