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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The Wall Street Journal
TikTok’s Videos Are Goofy. Its Strategy to Dominate Social Media Is Serious.
9 min · · China’s first big hit in the U.S. uses an advanced algorithm to personalize its addictive video-sharing app, and parent Bytedance’s enormous ad spending on Snap, Facebook and Instagram aims to hook… · Shared by 29, including Ste Davies, Bjorn Larsen, Matt Navarra, Gerrit Eicker, Gerry Moran, Molly Wood
New York Magazine
What TikTok Is Depends on Where TikTok Is
17+ min · · The popular video app has been celebrated as wholesome — but meme aggregators ripping videos to other platforms are painting a different picture. · Shared by 18, including Mark Little, Matt Navarra, Jan Firsching 🆒, Gerrit Eicker
TechCrunch
Instagram’s IGTV copies TikTok’s AI, Snapchat’s design
3 min · · Instagram conquered Stories, but it’s losing the battle for the next video formats. TikTok is blowing up with an algorithmically suggested vertical one-at-a-time feed featuring videos of users… · Shared by 37, including Johannes Lenz, Mark Kaigwa, Matt Navarra, Gerrit Eicker, Ste Davies
TechCrunch
FTC ruling sees Musical.ly (TikTok) fined $5.7M for violating children’s privacy law, app updated with age gate
4 min · · A significant FTC ruling issued today will see video app TikTok fined $5.7 million for violating U.S. children’s privacy laws, and will impact how the app works for kids under the age of 13. In an app… · Shared by 17, including Bjorn Larsen, Brian Solis, Jan Firsching 🆒, Gerrit Eicker
The Atlantic
Where Everyone’s an Influencer
6 min · · Inside Instagram’s annual beach party, where Hollywood and social media collide · Shared by 58, including anildash.com, Chris Messina, Matt Navarra, Mathew Ingram, Gerrit Eicker
VICE
This Meme Explains Why TikTok Isn't Like Any Other Social Media
7 min · · Point-of-view or POV videos are TikTok’s chameleon genre that give creators room to express themselves, and give TikTok room to come into its own. · Shared by 50, including Aldo Gnocchi, Gerrit Eicker, i-D