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Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok

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Re: Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok

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Post by romanoderoma »

filleduchaos wrote: post #14
briandear wrote: post #5

I have no opinion on TikTok (I am an adult with better things to do,) however, fair question: does TikTok pose a threat? There was a report that TikTok users sabotaged a Trump rally. It would seem that that could be considered “election campaign interference sponsored/enabled by a foreign government.” We’ve gotten mad at Facebook for similar things haven’t we? Or, if it’s against Trump, that’s acceptable? Not sure wh…

Oh good, finally someone who agrees with me that every other country in the world should ban Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and so on because those country's citizens use those platforms and also participate in or sabotage political rallies. Clearly the US has been meddling in elections around the globe for a decade and needs to be sanctioned!

count me in as well

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok

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Post by Firebrand »

Sort of a Frankenstein’s monster situation Zuckerberg created for himself. He took Bytedance’s money so they could plaster TikTok ads all over Facebook and Instagram back in 2018.

TikTok pays its approved creators around $0.035 per 1,000 views. Maybe compete with that.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok

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Post by romanoderoma »

no_no_no_no wrote: post #17
cyberlurker wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He’s married to a native born American Chinese person FYI.

Soo...Chinese person...

Yes, if you also consider Al Pacino, Francis Ford Coppola, Joe Pesci, Sylvester Stallone, Nicholas Cage and Martin Scorsese Italians

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok

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Post by blfr »

staticassertion wrote: post #10
briandear wrote: post #5

I have no opinion on TikTok (I am an adult with better things to do,) however, fair question: does TikTok pose a threat? There was a report that TikTok users sabotaged a Trump rally. It would seem that that could be considered “election campaign interference sponsored/enabled by a foreign government.” We’ve gotten mad at Facebook for similar things haven’t we? Or, if it’s against Trump, that’s acceptable? Not sure wh…

A group of teens purportedly using TikTok to troll the president's rally is not election campaign interference.

Why is it not when Facebook ads purchased by foreigners are considered to be?

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok

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Post by blfr »

filleduchaos wrote: post #14
briandear wrote: post #5

I have no opinion on TikTok (I am an adult with better things to do,) however, fair question: does TikTok pose a threat? There was a report that TikTok users sabotaged a Trump rally. It would seem that that could be considered “election campaign interference sponsored/enabled by a foreign government.” We’ve gotten mad at Facebook for similar things haven’t we? Or, if it’s against Trump, that’s acceptable? Not sure wh…

Oh good, finally someone who agrees with me that every other country in the world should ban Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and so on because those country's citizens use those platforms and also participate in or sabotage political rallies. Clearly the US has been meddling in elections around the globe for a decade and needs to be sanctioned!

Clearly the US has been meddling in elections around the globe for a decade and needs to be sanctioned!

I don't really get the snark. Yes, of course the US has been meddling in elections around the globe for multiple decades up to and including staging coups and sending military personnel. The only reason it's not being sanctioned is because of its massive wealth and power.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok

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Post by lazzlazzlazz »

Firebrand wrote: post #22

Sort of a Frankenstein’s monster situation Zuckerberg created for himself. He took Bytedance’s money so they could plaster TikTok ads all over Facebook and Instagram back in 2018. TikTok pays its approved creators around $0.035 per 1,000 views. Maybe compete with that.

So a video with 100,000,000 views gets around $35,000? That seems low.

A few searches suggest YouTube pays at least an order of magnitude more, depending on geo and engagement.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok

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Post by paxys »

lazzlazzlazz wrote: post #28
Firebrand wrote: post #22

Sort of a Frankenstein’s monster situation Zuckerberg created for himself. He took Bytedance’s money so they could plaster TikTok ads all over Facebook and Instagram back in 2018. TikTok pays its approved creators around $0.035 per 1,000 views. Maybe compete with that.

So a video with 100,000,000 views gets around $35,000? That seems low. A few searches suggest YouTube pays at least an order of magnitude more, depending on geo and engagement.

TikTok videos are a few seconds long, compared to YouTube's 10+ minutes (on average). Top creators can post 5-10 videos a day on TikTok and get 30-50 million views in a matter of hours, all with just a smartphone. The ROI easily beats YouTube, no comparison.
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