TikTok
TikTok changes social media fundamentally. What is so special about the video-app from China? How could ByteDance make Instagram & YouTube look so old so fast?
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TikTok in Deutschland: Deutsche Unternehmen, Marken, Medien auf TikTok
2 min · · Mit der Übernahme von Musical.ly war insbesondere auch der Grundstein für TikTok in Deutschland gelegt, denn der mit weitem Abstand größte Account wurde zu diesem Zeitpunkt von Lisa und Lena Mantler… · Shared by 9, including Klaus Eck, Gerrit Eicker
WIRED
On TikTok, There Is No Time
3 min · · The popular app doesn’t tell users when a video was posted. Creators say that makes it easier to steal content—but there are also upsides to forgetting what day it is. · Shared by 141, including Johannes Lenz, Liliane Ferrari ™, tjalve, Stephanie A Kowalski, Katja Evertz, Matt Navarra, Chris Messina, hiten.eth, Thomas Power, Sachin Rekhi, Gerrit Eicker
The Guardian
TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content
4 min · · Chinese-owned social media app bans such content even in countries where homosexuality has never been illegal · Shared by 43, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, Riley Black 🦕🏳️⚧️, Gerrit Eicker, Patricia Cammarata @dasnuf@mastodon.social, Dr. Alec Couros, Michael Seemann
The Guardian
Revealed: how TikTok censors videos that do not please Beijing
4 min · · Leak spells out how social media app advances China’s foreign policy aims · Shared by 101, including Amber Mac, Ste Davies, Matt Navarra, Jörgen Camrath, Korben, James Young, Joanna J Bryson, Neeraj K Agrawal, Katja Evertz, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, George M 🇪🇺, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Martina Bürge, John Koetsier, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Johannes Lenz, Adam Tinworth, Mathew Ingram, Damien Van Achter, luis antónio santos
The Washington Post
TikTok’s Beijing roots fuel censorship suspicion as it builds a huge U.S. audience
· Social media has been a quintessentially American journey rooted in ideas about creative expression and freedom of speech. But the rise of the Chinese video app TikTok could signal an end to Western dominance of the Internet’s megaphones — and an ideological change in what people see on the Web. · Shared by 51, including George M 🇪🇺, Dr. Simon A. Rego, Gustaf Alströmer 🇺🇦, Chris Messina, Neeraj K Agrawal, John Koetsier, Mathew Ingram, Dr. Alec Couros, Gerrit Eicker, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙
Fast Company
Is TikTok a time bomb?
4 min · · In its meteoric rise and its approach to leveraging user data, TikTok may augur the AI-informed future of social media, for better and for worse. · Shared by 47, including Mari Smith, Glyn Britton, Gerrit Eicker, Matt Navarra, Josep M. Ganyet, Mark Kaigwa
Adweek
TikTok Has a New Way to Monetize Its Rabid Teenage Fans
6 min · · The program is being beta-tested in East Asia right now, but is still a long way from making its American debut. · Shared by 26, including Real Marsha Wright®, Matt Navarra, Gerrit Eicker, Mathew Ingram, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
SearchEngineJournal®
TikTok is Working on a Way for Advertisers to Target Users in Other Apps
1 min · · TikTok is working on a way to earn revenue through an audience network for advertisers looking to reach TikTok users. · Shared by 24, including Danny Goodwin, Gerrit Eicker, Mari Smith, Stephanie A Kowalski
MIT Technology Review
A teen video app is the latest battlefield in the Kashmir conflict
4 min · · Hindu nationalists are flooding TikTok with videos declaring they plan to go to Kashmir, get married, and ostensibly make the majority-Muslim contested region Hindu. · Shared by 18, including Larry Balaclava, Vikram Dutt, Gerrit Eicker
VICE
TikTok Users Are Inventing Wild Theories to Explain Its Mysterious Algorithm
5 min · · No one knows how TikTok’s For You page algorithm works, so users have taken it upon themselves to construct their own theories. · Shared by 17, including Gerrit Eicker
TechCrunch
TikTok adds Giphy integration to import Stickers and export TikTok memes to the rest of the world
3 min · · TikTok is the breakout hit in social media apps at the moment — it’s currently ranked first in entertainment, and 12th overall in terms of download popularity on iOS, and 8th on Android in the US —… · Shared by 37, including Gerrit Eicker, Johannes Lenz, Klaus Eck, Mark Kaigwa, Aldo Gnocchi, M.G. Siegler, Claudia Sommer, Matt Navarra
The Ringer
Memes Are the New Pop Stars: How TikTok Became the Future of the Music Industry
13+ min · · Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ is both a chart-topping phenomenon and a turning point for the music business. Here’s what happens when a social media platform becomes a label. · Shared by 98, including Gerrit Eicker, Katja Evertz, Fanzo, Matt Navarra, Mark Kaigwa, Mars Rebello, Stephanie A Kowalski, Liliane Ferrari ™, Claudia Sommer, Aldo Gnocchi, Ines Bieler, Kevin Kelly
Digiday
How publishers are using TikTok, the latest hot app
3 min · · TikTok, like Snapchat in its early days, is a new way for publishers to reach young consumers. · Shared by 56, including Nieman Reports, Mark Kaigwa, Klaus Eck, Vincenzo Tremonte, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Matt Navarra, Gerrit Eicker, Thomas Pleil, Edney Souza 🧙♂️, Liliane Ferrari ™, Ste Davies
The New York Times
How TikTok Is Rewriting the World
10 min · · TikTok will change the way your social media works — even if you’re avoiding it. · Shared by 231, including Adrian Zumbrunnen, Nancy, Nir Eyal, Harpreet Singh, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Liliane Ferrari ™, Johannes Haus, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Katja Evertz, Ste Davies, fernand0, Helmi, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Erick Mazer Yamashita, Thomas Pleil, Fanzo, Rebecca Taylor FRSA, Stephanie A Kowalski, Mark Kaigwa
Nieman Lab
Meet TikTok: How The Washington Post, NBC News, and The Dallas Morning News are using the of-the-moment platform » Nieman…
6 min · · Shared by 66, including Jeremy Caplan, Johannes Lenz, Gerrit Eicker, Daniel Schwarz, Nieman Reports, Mark Kaigwa, Klaus Eck, Stephanie A Kowalski, Claudia Sommer, Mathew Ingram, Damien Van Achter, David Cohn, luis antónio santos, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social
The Atlantic
TikTok Stars Are Preparing to Take Over the Internet
8 min · · A new wave of online creators is here. · Shared by 70, including Richard MacManus, Mathew Ingram, Gerrit Eicker, Matt Navarra, Chris Messina, Mari Smith, Anthony Hamelle, Johannes Lenz, Mark Kaigwa, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Nicolas Dengler