The TikTok War

Post by exanimo_sai » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 4:39 AM UTC

analyte123 wrote: post #76

kpennell wrote: post #11

I'm not sure how I got sucked into Tiktok but I was quickly hooked. There's something so refreshingly playful, authentic, and raw about so much Tiktok content compared to Instagram. Instagram (explore/discovery) is generally pretty people with pretty things in pretty places. That was fun for a while but it's just not that interesting after a while. I don't need to see more pretty pictures of women doing yoga. I don't…

Something about Tiktok, whether the algorithm or the sheer volume of content, seems to discourage the sort of look-at-me envy-bait narcissistic posturing that is so common on Instagram. To be popular on Tiktok you actually have to do stuff (even it's fairly banal like dancing or telling stories), not just be (or pretend to be) someone. I found it funny that the author of this post is trying to defend liberal values l…

Post by puranjay » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 6:11 AM UTC

biztos wrote: post #160

puranjay wrote: post #68

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Here in India, TikTok was massively popular in smaller towns and villages. The content was so different than Instagram. I really thought it was invaluable (TikTok is banned now). For us city dwelling upper middle class people, it gave a rare glimpse into the lives of people less privileged. And it wasn't maudlin or patronizing as a lot of narratives about the poor tend to be. Rather it was fun and authentic. I rememb…

Was there any reason to ban it other than “China?” Has anyone made an Indian TikTok clone, and if so has it got any traction? Seems like an obvious thing to do, if it was that popular.

Post by newswasboring » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 6:18 AM UTC

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> What wrong with people smiling, laughing and dancing? There is nothing wrong in it, but there isn't much alluring there too. Its available from so many other platforms.

Really? Almost the entirety of where I see this is people recording and re-uploading content from tik tok onto Twitter. It’s certainly a distinct communication culture. I mean “Instagram dance” was never a thing the way “Tik tok dance” is a thing.

Post by dang » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 7:13 AM UTC

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Reddit banned a bunch of hate subreddits. Full stop. I don't care what you think about trans men and women but this is not a case of people being overly sensitive. "Gender Critical" is the spiritual equivalent of "Race Realists" and their subreddits were nothing other than a safe space for them to express their overt hate. This was not a place "simply" for people with an opinion. You don't understand hate speech. Mis…

Well, you're making great progress understanding another people thoughts /s Your answer is filled with so much more hate than the one you're replying to

Post by redblacktree » Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 3:44 PM UTC

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Once again withe the non-arguments and strawmen. These exchanges do nothing but prove my point. Criticizing the CCP's actions in Hong Kong, for example, is not sinophobic. Criticizing their treatment of the Uighurs is not sinophobic, and criticizing their attempts at intelligence collection and propaganda is not sinophobic. Yet all have been called such at some point in Hacker News comments in recent posts. And my po…

But you weren’t criticizing actions in your posts...