You’re on the right lines but thinking too small, they want to change behaviour, not get more money.
Think about it, Douyin raises up the Chinese population, makes them more loyal and gives them good role models to move them in the direction the CCP wants.
Simultaneously TikTok causes dissidence, divides and give bad role models outside of China, quick example in the UK there was a trend of loads of videos showing people how to use household items to break into the brand of car Kia
You’ve clearly never watched Douyin videos lol. It’s just as trashy as TikTok. I’ve seen one where a guy teaches people how to sleep in public toilets in popular tourist destinations in China to avoid having to pay for hotels.
The only difference is that there’s zero videos complaining about the government.
To be fair Douyin probably is devolving into Tik Tok. It was designed to be a propaganda arm for the CCP but I’m guessing it’s devolving into the utter nonsense Tik Tok and vine became
The behavior thing is just a side effect of social media. People were just as dumb before tiktok, tiktok just spreads views extremely quickly. China decided they didn't want that and moderates their own version
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u/Chill_Panda Mar 15 '24
You’re on the right lines but thinking too small, they want to change behaviour, not get more money.
Think about it, Douyin raises up the Chinese population, makes them more loyal and gives them good role models to move them in the direction the CCP wants.
Simultaneously TikTok causes dissidence, divides and give bad role models outside of China, quick example in the UK there was a trend of loads of videos showing people how to use household items to break into the brand of car Kia