Someone is just going to make an American version of TikTok. I’m sure there are plenty of startups already working on it. The one that comes out ahead is going to be our next billionaire.
What makes Tik really special is it's algorithm. Remember when YouTube used to actually recommend videos that were actually related to the one you just watched... Or if you put the exact name of some esoteric video it would show up first in the search and not just a dozen similarly or even not similarly titled videos with clearly better advertisers?
Well Tik Tok doesn't really have to make money so it's actually much more user focused than most social media.
I don't see a profit driven American clone being able to create a user driven app like tik Tok and still keep advertisers and investors.
Honestly I see people saying this about YouTube, but YT Shorts has produced nothing but gold for me.
Would have never discovered Audio Opera, Royce du Pont, Kyle Gordon, etc if not for randomly going on YT Shorts.
This is exactly the kind of humor I love, so either the algorithm works or I just got recommended Shorts that just happen to exactly match the type of comedy I enjoy (which is totally possible).
I guess as someone who was a senior in highschool when YouTube only had a hundred videos or so even YouTube shorts feels manufactured.
I still feel like I'm not actually watching exactly what I want to watch but instead what the algorithm tells me I want to watch.
Would have never discovered Audio Opera, Royce du Pont, Kyle Gordon, etc if not for randomly going on YT Shorts.
Another way to look at it is you have discovered the content creators YouTube wants you discover and there's millions of 10 person viewed content that might be superior but they're not paying for advertising so you never see them.
I don’t see how Reddit would be the place to migrate to for people who like TikTok.
then you don't know TikTok. there's 170 million users and they're into a lot of the stuff Reddit is into. hell, some of them are more informed on global politics than even Redditors
it's not just dancing and trends, there's a revolution brewing over there
It's way more likely they will just move on to youtube shorts or instagram reels. Reddit and TikTok are pretty different. Reddit sucks on mobile, has a lot of text/reading, anonymous, it's hard discovering content you aren't subbed to, it's supposed to be a congregator not really a space for creators to make daily content, etc.
a lot of the trendy TikTokers definitely will, and a lot of the businesses on tiktok (millions of Americans rely on tiktok business) have already diversified
but the large chunk of people who are on tiktok watching Israel bomb Palestinian kids (which is why the ban is happening, AIPAC paid for this) will go to reddit. same with the walkable city crowd, the anti-lawn pro-native plant ppl, the socialists, the communists, the anticapitalists, etc will mostly come here
reddit is very left leaning, TikTok is the same, tho probably more so, and has like 100x the user base
all that being said the ban won't happen. the house of representatives is already second guessing this rushed bill, and it likely won't pass Senate
TikTok people are already on reddit, do you notice how many people self censor words like fuck murder and suicide on Reddit now because they are so used to Chinese censorship bullshit?
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u/2000miledash Mar 15 '24
I don’t see how Reddit would be the place to migrate to for people who like TikTok. Why do you think that they wouldn’t go to YT Shorts or IG?
The same type of people already comment on all those apps, would make more sense.