Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok

Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by qasimzafar on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @05:02AM (#21134547)

Tik Tok is almost the new Vine, but less restrictive and more engaging. The biggest assumption the article makes is that even in case Facebook were to try to buy out creators for Lasso, making new content is hard work and Tik Tok creators have spend hours and hours putting together the followings that they have.

It's not easy to convince such passionate and fan-driven folk with built audiences to switch, it's almost as if Vimeo started trying to pay YouTubers to switch to Vimeo.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by mschuster91 on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @05:10AM (#21134576)

> Tik Tok is almost the new Vine, but less restrictive and more engaging.

Less restrictive? Just look at what they do to LGBT content: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/26/tiktoks-l...

Additionally, it's Chinese and thus likely to be in the target list of economic sanctions. For once, something good could result out of the cringefest that is the US-China trade war.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by josephpmay on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @07:31AM (#21135270)

I use Tik Tok every day and like a good percentage of the content it shows me I’d consider “gay.” They may have restricted LGBT content in the past, but they definitely don’t now.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by sergent_moon on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:52AM (#21135827)

I believe the LGBT+ restrictions are all regionally applied.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by chrisjc on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @02:48PM (#21139554)

I smell an opportunity for Facebook. Appeal to the disenfranchised and oppressed.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by pysxul on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @05:14AM (#21134585)

How is that any different from twitter enforcing it the other way around?

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by simias on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @05:17AM (#21134600)

The parent were comparing Tik Tok to Vine, what does Twitter have to do with anything?

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by armenarmen on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @05:28AM (#21134658)

Twitter bought then killed vine...

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by delfinom on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @10:18AM (#21136700)

>The biggest assumption the article makes is that even in case Facebook were to try to buy out creators for Lasso,

The name alone means nobody will use it. It's not catchey at all. It sounds more of a clothing store or something.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by shostack on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @12:05PM (#21137954)

How did TikTok solve the two sided marketplace problem and build critical mass?

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by bryan_w on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @01:02PM (#21138584)

A metric butt-ton of advertising on FB and Google

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by hesk on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @05:32AM (#21134680)

If TikTok is the new Vine than who is the next David Dobrik?

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