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TikTok is just the current trend. Remember "vines"? I don't think TikTok offers something truly disruptive. They had the right timing and marketing for a specif
by magic_hamster 4y ago
TikTok is just the current trend. Remember "vines"? I don't think TikTok offers something truly disruptive. They had the right timing and marketing for a specific audience. In a couple of years it will be something else.
- 908B64B197 4y agoVines had to make money distributing video. TikTok (Douyin 抖音) can just lose money and have it's losses covered by the Chinese Government, as long as it keeps broadcasting the right message abroad.
- maigret 4y agoWhat is the message?
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- r2_pilot 4y agoI personally know someone who used a Magic Eraser to whiten their teeth after watching a TikTok video. That is a terrible idea for so many reasons. Messages like those possibly benefit America's enemies by weakening the populace, whether through sketchy medical advice, promoting risky behavior like challenges, or suggesting illegal activities like hot-wiring cars.
- maigret 4y agoThat sounds very much like Facebook ads.
- jrochkind1 4y agoYour suggestion is that the Chinese government is subsidizing tik-tok in order to increase the amount of crackpot medical advice and other scams Americans are subject to, in order to weaken Americans? I am pretty confident Americans are quite capable of selling plenty of crackpot medical advice and monetizing viral scams to ourselves on our own, thank you very much. It may be something we are in fact #1 at, with no sign of diminished capacity.
- Silverback_VII 4y agoTikTok is disruptive and has replaced other disruptive technologies. And I'm sure, that not a few computer nerds are busy programming the next time and life sink. It's a competition for how much man is willing to flush his existence down the toilet.