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TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

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Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

#41

Maybe it surpassed downloads because almost everyone in the planet already has FB, YouTube, etc. installed, and not as many has TikTok installed? So I don't see how this metric is really that impressive.

I think people generally don't quite grasp that Facebook has 2.27 billion monthly active users. Which is, you know, only a third of the human race alive today.

Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

#42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The logo has the username as well. I assumed it's to prevent people from copying and taking credit for other people's work. (That said, I do see these videos with the logo cropped out)

That said, I still see no reason why there needs to be a company logo or why the logo needs to vibrate.

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Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

#43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The logo has the username as well. I assumed it's to prevent people from copying and taking credit for other people's work. (That said, I do see these videos with the logo cropped out)

That said, I still see no reason why there needs to be a company logo or why the logo needs to vibrate.

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Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

#44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The logo has the username as well. I assumed it's to prevent people from copying and taking credit for other people's work. (That said, I do see these videos with the logo cropped out)

That said, I still see no reason why there needs to be a company logo or why the logo needs to vibrate.

It's much harder to automatically remove if it isn't static.

Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

#45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The logo has the username as well. I assumed it's to prevent people from copying and taking credit for other people's work. (That said, I do see these videos with the logo cropped out)

That said, I still see no reason why there needs to be a company logo or why the logo needs to vibrate.

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Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

#46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The logo has the username as well. I assumed it's to prevent people from copying and taking credit for other people's work. (That said, I do see these videos with the logo cropped out)

That said, I still see no reason why there needs to be a company logo or why the logo needs to vibrate.

I assume you're one of the only people in the world bothered by the logo vibrating.

Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

#47
post #6

TikTok has some of the worst misleading and bizarre advertisements all over the internet. I'm kind of curious what their advertising budget is at this point.

Do you means the adds for the app seen elsewhere are strange, or that the adds you see in their app are weird?

Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

#48
post #29

I think it's significant in that its a rebrand of a Chinese consumer internet application for the international market that has succeeded beyond expectation. Of course it's progeny includes previous short form video apps Vine, Music.ly, etc. But TikTok's infinite scroll of 15 second, algorithmically curated, auto play videos has proven addictive. And they can pretty much deliver any type of content in this user mode:…

Another ad company... Can't we come up with a less manipulative business model.

Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

#49
post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That said, I still see no reason why there needs to be a company logo or why the logo needs to vibrate.

I assume you're one of the only people in the world bothered by the logo vibrating.

Are you kidding?. Of course that is shit for almost everyone. Animation on a page is one of the main motivators for adblock.

Re: TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube in downloads last month

#50
post #49
post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assume you're one of the only people in the world bothered by the logo vibrating.

Are you kidding?. Of course that is shit for almost everyone. Animation on a page is one of the main motivators for adblock.

Only it's not a static page, it's a video: everything in it moves.
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