Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US operations

Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by noarchy on Friday July 31, 2020 @03:00PM (#24012478)

>This seems like a dumb move, why would MS want to get tied up in the horrors of social media when they have such a profitable empire.

They bought LinkedIn, which increasingly resembles a niche social media for professionals, all the way down to a news feed that is increasingly filled with motivational junk

Then there's Github, which used to advertise itself as "social coding".

Microsoft has done plenty already to get their foot in the door of social media.

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by basch on Friday July 31, 2020 @04:34PM (#24013651)

would Minecraft almost fit into that as well? At least from the sense of buying an existing community.

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by marinman on Friday July 31, 2020 @05:57PM (#24014667)

If you squint, you can see the Minecraft fit: along with the Xbox side, it's quasi "coding" or "developing" for kids. Basically, you hook the kids who are interested in developing super, duper early.

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by noarchy on Friday July 31, 2020 @05:06PM (#24014096)

Maybe, though to be fair Microsoft is far from being a newcomer to the gaming scene. Even before the Xbox, they were putting their name on games.

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