The TikTok War - Hackdot

Re:The TikTok War by biztos on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @11:59AM (#23833459)

Was there any reason to ban it other than “China?”

Has anyone made an Indian TikTok clone, and if so has it got any traction? Seems like an obvious thing to do, if it was that popular.

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Re:The TikTok War by puranjay on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:11AM (#23841900)

There are a bunch of TikTok clones floating around and they've racked up some users. But I'm not sure if these clones would have the tech to serve the kind of recommendations TikTok did. Some, like "Mitron", are basically pre-made scripts bought online and rebadged [0]. They don't have the tech DNA to get recommendations right - which was one big reason for TikTok's success.

[0]: https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/mitron-app-tiktok-indian-...

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Re:The TikTok War by dreamer7 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:57AM (#23842130)

Yes. It's called Chingari. Since the ban, downloads have been shooting up. It's now 2M+ or so downloads while being no where near as polished as TikTok UI

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Re:The TikTok War by callalex on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @01:45PM (#23835146)

Please read the article before commenting.

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Re:The TikTok War by rovolo on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @02:46PM (#23836005)

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."

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