Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app

asia.nikkei.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

451–460 of 725 posts

Re: TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app

#451

Post by n8cpdx »

ralusek wrote: post #403
n8cpdx wrote: post #374

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a queer person who uses TikTok, I think you should take some time to challenge your assumptions and get some more information. This video might be informative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MYEtQ5Zdn8 I should correct a mistake I made earlier: all of my numbers cited are likes not views. The TikTok promoting vaccines was seen 3.5 Million times. There are many queer creators with videos in the millions of views,…

> also don't think its reasonable to expect trans content to perform as well, given that a substantial portion of the US population still doesn't want to recognize or legalize their existence 1.) A substantial portion of the US population doesn't want to recognize or legalize the existence of trans people? What are you talking about? You're aware of some faction that's actively trying to make being transgender illega…

1) recognize: https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-transgenderism-not-sup... (one example of thousands, I’m sure)

1) legalize: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_the_Un...

2) I am specifically contesting that assertion. We appear to have a case of violent agreement here. One of the earlier posts suggested that lack of a trans person with 10+ million views is evidence that TT is suppressing content. I contend that the relative unpopularity of trans-related content (only hundreds of thousands or a few million views) is well explained by structural factors and no intervention on TT’s part would be needed to create that outcome. If anything, my experience is that queer and trans content is overrepresented on the platform relative to what you’d expect based on the IRL population/demographics.

Re: TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app

#452

Post by nielsbot »

romwell wrote: post #299
nielsbot wrote: post #286

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They can (and do?) definitely firewall US content from China content.

Is this a statement about geography, or language? Something tells me we don't have too many Chinese nationals living in China on hackernews either. Or on Reddit. Or Facebook. In fact, I saw the most content from China.. on TikTok. And since those were dance videos, I quickly skipped them. But I don't know if Chinese-speaking people in the US have the same experience.

Neither. Maybe I was unclear. I was responding to commenters saying "I often see uncensored LBGTQ+ content". I am assuming those posts are hidden from users in China. But it's just speculation!

Re: TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app

#454

Post by josephcsible »

mrtksn wrote: post #25

I'm a huge fan of TikTok because after years of content stagnation and dullness, the internet is fun again. Especially places like Twitter and Instagram are outrage and depression inducers for me, consumed together it feels like the society is collapsing but everyone is living a perfect life at the same time. The China thing is touchy but I want the west to beat them by being better, not by being dismissive and prote…

> The China thing is touchy but I want the west to beat them by being better, not by being dismissive and protectionist.

The problem is that China doesn't play fair, so if the west plays perfectly fair against them, we won't beat them even though we're better.

Re: TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app

#455

Post by random314 »

romwell wrote: post #404
mbesto wrote: post #384

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you missed the parent's point. Their point wasn't that these experiences aren't possible today , it's that these wonderful and joyful experiences are all nice now but will quickly fade as the company scales its commercial operations, just like what has happened at Facebook, Twitter and now Instagram and Snapchat.

If that was the point, what's the point of stating that point? "The thing y'all enjoy now will be crap in a few years, get off my lawn?" I didn't come here for fortune-telling.

You might not care about the future. But others on this forum do.

Re: TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app

#456

Post by wraptile »

mrtksn wrote: post #25

I'm a huge fan of TikTok because after years of content stagnation and dullness, the internet is fun again. Especially places like Twitter and Instagram are outrage and depression inducers for me, consumed together it feels like the society is collapsing but everyone is living a perfect life at the same time. The China thing is touchy but I want the west to beat them by being better, not by being dismissive and prote…

I'm not sure if I'm surrounded by an algorithm bubble but content on TikTok is just so wholesome. It's really refreshing!

Re: TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app

#457

Post by rvz »

romwell wrote: post #450
rvz wrote: post #441

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> That's quite a leap from what I said, not to mention a personal attack. Isn't this what you just said? This is you: > TikTok's algorithm has introduced me to my (now) favorite neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ content makers. Some of them have hundreds of thousands of followers, some a few hundred. > All the people I interact with there get me. I've never felt this anywhere else. From [0] 'Viewers or listeners come to cons…

My friend, I am not here to dispel your misconceptions, but I'll just note that you find HN a worthwhile community to participate in due to level of discourse here, then the same "para-social addict" label is applicable to you by your logic.

You can't 'follow' anyone on this site and anyone can simply have a random discussion here with anybody. The logic you tried to apply here doesn't work and isn't the same thing unlike what is going on in 'TikTok'.

As for my question(s) you are yet to answer, I'll make the first one more clearer for you:

>> Do they (the people you are following on TikTok) know you personally as if they are your close friends?

>> So you are saying that there weren't any leaks happening about TikTok then, which suggests that they can suppress any content they want to or shadow-ban tags? So you trust them that they won't do it again then, since you think in your opinion that 'TikTok is the best thing to have happened to the Internet.'?

Re: TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app

#458

Post by wraptile »

randomperson_24 wrote: post #433
DLay wrote: post #390

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m shocked to see YouTube not even make AppAnnie’s top ten list at all. More people downloaded Twitter and Telegram over YouTube last year? Really?

I guess it comes pre installed on Android, which has a huge market share globally.

There are lot of alternative youtube apps too though I can't imagine it being a big chunk of the market.

Re: TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app

#460

Post by romwell »

random314 wrote: post #455
romwell wrote: post #404

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If that was the point, what's the point of stating that point? "The thing y'all enjoy now will be crap in a few years, get off my lawn?" I didn't come here for fortune-telling.

You might not care about the future. But others on this forum do.

I care about the future, I don't care much for reading other people's Magic 8 Balls.

If you like doom prophecies so much, I have one for you!

Looks like the effects of climate change will take us all out before TikTok goes down the drain, so enjoy it while it (and the humanity) lasts.

Post reply on HN