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TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by spoonjim »

distribot wrote: post #69
Abhinav2000 wrote: post #66

I would have thought governments would be more worried about China spying on everyone and the insane data collection from TikTok (yes it might have an American operator in the US, but I can imagine they found a way to still siphon all that data to the mainland)...its a pretty big security risk if one thinks about it

I don't understand the big risk. They build a profile about the kind of short form videos you interact with. It's pretty limited.

Have you read about the Cambridge Analytica scandal?

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by imbnwa »

Abhinav2000 wrote: post #66

I would have thought governments would be more worried about China spying on everyone and the insane data collection from TikTok (yes it might have an American operator in the US, but I can imagine they found a way to still siphon all that data to the mainland)...its a pretty big security risk if one thinks about it

Just curious, but what about TikTok's data collection is at all distinct from what Facebook/Google collects? Wasn't it just on the front page that Google keeps a history of your purchase receipts in your Gmail account even when you've deleted them? This article[0], while debunking the "Facebook is listening through your microphone" myth, presented research that at least ~9000 apps were screenshoting your in-app activity, possibly recording video, and sending it to either a third-party or themselves.

Or is it just that TikTok is a Chinese company?

[0]https://newatlas.com/computers/facebook-not-secretly-listeni...

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by ipaddr »

distribot wrote: post #69
Abhinav2000 wrote: post #66

I would have thought governments would be more worried about China spying on everyone and the insane data collection from TikTok (yes it might have an American operator in the US, but I can imagine they found a way to still siphon all that data to the mainland)...its a pretty big security risk if one thinks about it

I don't understand the big risk. They build a profile about the kind of short form videos you interact with. It's pretty limited.

Your friends.. mines your phone for data.

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by mgh2 »

wongarsu wrote: post #56
periphrasis wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would I want to watch short form video content? Genuinely curious here.

It can convey more information than the stationary images that dominate much of reddit, while taking less effort to consume than text (it's really hard to get people to engage with more than the headline in written content). TikTok is imho one of the closest approximations of a marketplace of ideas, or a penny-university. Every topic under the sun is talked about (even if TikTok tries to censor a bunch of topics), yo…

The short format is very much like sales pitches, so everyone there is like a salesman, bser of sorts.

Millennials created this trend, Generation Z is growing it. Social media is essentially an addicting & fun platform for mass brainwashing.

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by amanzi »

soco wrote: post #22
jdlyga wrote: post #14

TikTok has definitely become the platform for short form video content. It used to be YouTube, but it's since matured into a place to watch more well produced videos in the 20 minute range. If you haven't given TikTok a chance, try it out.

And they probably got there because Twitter killed Vine...

People still share Vines on TikTok!

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by romwell »

periphrasis wrote: post #31
jdlyga wrote: post #14

TikTok has definitely become the platform for short form video content. It used to be YouTube, but it's since matured into a place to watch more well produced videos in the 20 minute range. If you haven't given TikTok a chance, try it out.

Why would I want to watch short form video content? Genuinely curious here.

Because you actually get to see people in their environment and interact with them by speaking in response, as you would have in an actual conversation.

It's not about content, it's about communicating with video snippets.

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by romwell »

BitwiseFool wrote: post #17

One of the most surprising things to me about TikTok is that it isn't a Bay Area startup. For the longest time every hot social media app/platform was American.

That's because TikTok gets something that people here don't.

Just look at this comment thread; very few people understand what's positive about TikTok, what's new and different about it, and why both Instagram and YouTube can't catch up.

Literally all criticisms apply to Instagram too, but TikTok is not Instagram.

That's because TikTok is way more decentralized than any other photo/video platform: it's less creator/consumer relationship, and more of a community, like reddit or HN, where you communicate with video snippets.

I.e. by talking, which is natural for us. It's a big, asynchronous in-person dialogue.

There's content too, but that's not what makes the platform unique.

Why the Bay Area is blind to that, I can't comprehend.

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by crubier »

rvz wrote: post #59
Nicksil wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1B users don't know.

1B users will find out the hard way just like with every social network: Data breaches. Won’t be surprised to see it eventually happen.

I still have to experience the dire consequences of all breaches my data was leaked in. I guess the worst consequence is probably that I experienced better targeted ads (that were blocked by my ad-blocker anyway?).

I'd say 1B users don't really care, and rightly so, because really the data of which Tik-Tok videos you watch is not really something life threatening for most of them.

Re: TikTok has reached 1B MAUs

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Post by romwell »

mrfox321 wrote: post #27
landryraccoon wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you know many people under 30?

even older people are starting to use it.

34, active user.

It's the freshest thing out there.

The closest thing to IRC/chatrooms of Web 1.0 by how it feels.

Yes, beats even Discord.

Like, remember the days where you could just go online and bump into random people, and it would be interesting? And you could just throw an ugly homepage with your dog and "under construction" gifs without thinking twice, just because it's fun?

That's what TikTok is like, but with videos.

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