Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round

Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by nihonde on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:18PM (#18094596)

I’ve been telling people about TikTok for a year now, since I live between Asia and the US lately. Most people don’t get it, or understand why it’s so big. The western variant Musical.ly doesn’t help, as the content (which reflects the culture) is different, and not in a good way. The recent efforts to merge the two apps are a huge mistake in my opinion. The beauty of Douyin was the innocent, childish creativity that developed organically there. Merging that Asian thread with a bunch of western brats “flexing” and trying to recreate Vine/Instagram celebrity culture is a bad move.

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by al_chemist on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:25PM (#18094647)

> Most people don’t get it, or understand why it’s so big.

I'll bite. What is it and why it's got so big?

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by nihonde on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:41PM (#18094768)

It’s an app for sharing short audiovisual clips and it’s huge because it developed in a culture of good-natured, one-upsmanship that is suited to a broad audience of Asian youth (including China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, South Asia, etc.), and in turn was fueled by adaptive feeds based on user behavior and feedback. I liked it because the content was friendly, accessible, and creative. I assume others felt the same way.

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by walterbell on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:42PM (#18095317)

Any samples available on the open web?

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by nihonde on Saturday September 29, 2018 @08:58AM (#18100084)

Here’s a random sample from my feed today. You’ll get the idea, I think. https://youtu.be/dmuykpPaTkA

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by heronymus on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:56PM (#18095468)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sed_Hbb5dmw

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by Keyframe on Friday September 28, 2018 @02:59PM (#18096076)

So, Vine?

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by Salgat on Friday September 28, 2018 @11:59PM (#18098634)

It seems like all those videos are staged. I mean, that's okay I guess, just kind of weird.

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