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

Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by maltelandwehr on Saturday August 01, 2020 @02:17AM (#24018117)

Low quality? TikTok videos are much better (in terms of story arc and editing) than Videos on other social networks. And it takes one swipe to go to the next video. The repeated jokes are part of the TikTok culture. Pure copycats will normally not go viral - only adaptions that add their own spin.

I agree that it is an insane time killer. But that is because the content is so good and presented in and addictive way.

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by mantap on Saturday August 01, 2020 @02:35AM (#24018213)

When I tried tiktok it seemed to only give me videos by British schoolkids. Maybe the content is better in some regions than others but the whole region locking thing stinks.

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by iKevinShah on Saturday August 01, 2020 @03:01AM (#24018319)

One of the factors might be region but also:

> Consumers (audience) side: Tik Tok use AI to calculate what content will be the best fit for the consumer. When consumer use the app, consumers even do not need to put their preference. AI will automatically get a sizeable database of the consumers’ behaviors.

Source: https://digital.hbs.edu/platform-digit/submission/tik-tok-us...

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by Seasonwreckage on Saturday August 01, 2020 @03:40AM (#24018525)

i need my freedom

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by johnchristopher on Saturday August 01, 2020 @04:15AM (#24018717)

And Tiktok took it away from you ?

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by Seasonwreckage on Saturday August 01, 2020 @07:59AM (#24019795)

I was replying to the fact that essentially in China you cant poke fun at the CCP in any way. Videos of Winnie the Pooh constumes will get you banned even in the US and possibly get you on a Chinese watch list for when you travel to the mainland and Hong Kong too nowadays.

There is all this flashy stuff, dances, lip sync, jokes and all that but a sinister shadowy world in the background. Just wondering when people are going to abandon convenience and take up freedom.

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by ficklepickle on Saturday August 01, 2020 @08:31AM (#24019978)

Please read "the machine stops" by E.M. Forrester

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