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TikTok's co-founder to step down as chief executive

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Re: TikTok's co-founder to step down as chief executive

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Post by random314 »

justicezyx wrote: post #89
random314 wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, of course. No sense in presenting opinions without setting foot in Xinjiang with the blessings of a carefully monitoring government. Sure many celebrities and professors have disappeared for the last 2-3 years and China is trying to compel expat Uighurs to return to China. But I don't want to present opinions without setting foot in china. There are too many reports of Chinese soldiers entering homes whisking hu…

Well, let's not be cynical. Speaking truly and frankly. You are expressing a lot of opinions. I indeed reserve my judgement on CCP, as I know that I know very little about the entity. You may or may not interpret that as complicit to them, or whatever. But please do calm your mind, and see into the facts, and the reasoning behind the emotions. I am not asking anyone to be correct. I am asking rationale.

Please don't mistake my words for opinions. I am not posting any opinions, just like you.

Re: TikTok's co-founder to step down as chief executive

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Post by miguelrochefort »

specialist wrote: post #87
miguelrochefort wrote: post #4

For those unfamiliar with ByteDance, they’re actually much bigger than you might think, and have become serious competitors to China’s leading tech companies (BATX + H) [1]: - Baidu - Alibaba - Tencent - Xiaomi - Huawei You can see how their offering compare in this Big Tech Spreadsheet [2]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BATX [2] https://miguelrochefort.com/blog/big-tech

I highly recommend http://acquired.fm podcast. They cover these companies and many others. Being a grey beard, their episode on Tencent and the freemium business model kinda blew my mind.

Thanks, I just subscribed.

Re: TikTok's co-founder to step down as chief executive

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Post by tinus_hn »

dyeje wrote: post #79
foolfoolz wrote: post #64

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vine was used by almost no one. tiktok didn’t fill a void, it created a new space. all the reasons tik tok is successful didn’t exist on vine. the only thing they share is video

Yea nobody liked Vine. That's why Vine compilations still garner 20M+ views on YouTube 5 years after it was shut down. /s

It’s like those restaurants. Nobody goes there because it’s always far too busy.
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