Re:TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube i...
by saagarjha on Friday November 02, 2018 @04:51PM
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I really despise TikTok, from the limited experience I’ve had with it (namely, someone sent me a TikTok video). They do this thing where they watermark your video with the company’s logo in the corner, but also make it vibrate, making it impossible to not focus on it instead of the video (oh, and it moves around between corners to make it harder to remove or ignore). In my mind, that’s a warning sign saying the company cares more about their brand being noticed than their user content seen.
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Re:TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube i...
by 8ytecoder on Friday November 02, 2018 @05:49PM
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The logo has the username as well. I assumed it's to prevent people from copying and taking credit for other people's work. (That said, I do see these videos with the logo cropped out)
Re:TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube i...
by saagarjha on Friday November 02, 2018 @07:29PM
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That said, I still see no reason why there needs to be a company logo or why the logo needs to vibrate.
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by escardin on Friday November 02, 2018 @08:14PM
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It's much harder to automatically remove if it isn't static.
Re:TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube i...
by rghp on Friday November 02, 2018 @08:16PM
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I assume you're one of the only people in the world bothered by the logo vibrating.
Re:TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube i...
by saagarjha on Friday November 02, 2018 @08:29PM
(#18367878)
I assume over a dozen people agree with me, since that's how many upvotes I have. I think a strong aversion to anything in the corner that moves is pretty universal–there's a reason why <blink> and <marquee> have been phased out.
Re:TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube i...
by sgc on Friday November 02, 2018 @08:24PM
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Are you kidding?. Of course that is shit for almost everyone. Animation on a page is one of the main motivators for adblock.
Re:TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube i...
by rghp on Friday November 02, 2018 @08:26PM
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Only it's not a static page, it's a video: everything in it moves.