TikTok owner ByteDance sees its earnings double in 2020

Post by disgruntledphd2 » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 2:58 PM UTC

xvector wrote: post #52

belval wrote: post #49

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There is no political content right now, my point is that in case of escalating conflict or proxy-conflict with China they could absolutely run disinformation through this channel in a way that is somewhat transparent to their users to spark anti-war counter-movements in the US.

This is a far-fetched concern. Realistically speaking, the platform would just get permanently banned if it was being used to spread propaganda in a manner that harms a wartime effort. Otherwise, I just don't see China risking one of the most promising gems to have come out of its internet technology industry in a long time.

Post by rapsey » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 3:00 PM UTC

endisneigh wrote: post #18

rapsey wrote: post #3

TikTok is a social network that could not be made by an American company, due to its complete disregard for free speech and embrace of censorship. This is a major part of its success, due to not allowing its network to deteriorate into culture wars and general unpleasant behaviour. I suspect any future social network much like TikTok will have exclusion as a major feature.

this is a strange comment. are US social media comments bound by free speech laws? don't they all remove content arbitrarily just like tiktok? how is this the top comment? lol. not to mention Vine was literally the same thing as tiktok - it had terrible execution and quickly died.

Post by xvector » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 3:00 PM UTC

rvz wrote: post #57

xnx wrote: post #45

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I've never found Facebook or Instagram fun, but Tiktok is an absolute delight. The serendipity they put into the recommendations is key.

Given that there are those calling these social networks highly addictive, catchy and delightful I guess it's safe to say that the drugs are still in effect. Especially when the content and algorithms itself is or can be easily manipulated or gamed. So how long until the users get screwed (once again)?

Post by rapsey » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 3:04 PM UTC

dncornholio wrote: post #30

rapsey wrote: post #11

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The content is good because they surgically remove the bad.

Then how do you explain the huge success of League of Legends and Valorant? They have some of the most intrusive anti-cheat in the planet, are Chinese based, and are HUGELY popular specifically in NA. Again, when the features are good enough, people really don't care.

Post by rapsey » Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

NathanKP wrote: post #54

lorlou wrote: post #37

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What I love about tiktok is how they've managed to ban all political content. It's a social network which is fun precisely because it's not monopolised by rotten people with loads of free time.

Political content isn't banned, it just doesn't perform well with the audience on TikTok, which is generally younger and mostly less interested in politics. Usually when I see political content it is from someone dueting the original content to troll it, and the troll outperforms the original. People try to get their political content trending on TikTok, but it seems like it usually just gets parodied and they basica…