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Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by cwkoss on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:15PM (#28133764)
It would be really interesting if TikTok allowed users to make a sequential thread of videos, and added a scroll control to view "next video in sequence". Currently "part 2" videos are very tedious to find, if they could make a way to continue a sequence from the fyp with a simple gesture or button, I think they could seriously challenge longer form videos as well.
Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by Syonyk on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:21PM (#28133861)
> I think they could seriously challenge longer form videos as well.

Is this like the

Twitter feed readers that take

what should be a blog post on an

external site and stitch them back

into something readable, instead of

a blog post in 40 parts?

There are plenty of sites that focus on long form videos and it might make sense to put long form videos there, if one wants long form video content.

Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by spiderice on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @06:32PM (#28135574)
> There are plenty of sites that focus on long form videos

Youtube. It's pretty much just Youtube. They are the only player with meaningful market share. Even Facebook video is most effective at only 20-40 seconds.

I would welcome any competition to Youtube, even if it means TikTok expanding.

Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by DLay on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @09:41PM (#28136951)
I’m shocked to see YouTube not even make AppAnnie’s top ten list at all. More people downloaded Twitter and Telegram over YouTube last year? Really?
Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by randomperson_24 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:29PM (#28137624)
I guess it comes pre installed on Android, which has a huge market share globally.
Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by wraptile on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @12:34AM (#28138065)
There are lot of alternative youtube apps too though I can't imagine it being a big chunk of the market.
Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by mrtksn on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:19PM (#28133828)
I haven't created a TikTok video yet, so don't count on me for the details but on some videos I see a link to a playlist.

BTW, I skip all multi-part videos unless there is a good reason for being multipart. Most are trying to game the system.

Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by mywittyname on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:21PM (#28133862)
Initially, I'm thinking, "but that's just youtube with a slightly different presentation."

But then I thought about the fact that a lot of significant developements were "just <something else> with a slightly different presentation."

Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by dizzystar on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @05:58PM (#28135207)
They can make a comment that says "part 2" and respond to it. Add a pin and it'll be at the top.

Some creators do this, but not enough. Besides with 3 minute videos, this shouldn't be a problem anymore.

Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by teddyfrozevelt on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @05:15PM (#28134671)
They recently added playlists (they show up as yellow text with a gray highlight in the description) but the ability to make them may not have rolled out to everyone. They have notoriously slow roll outs (like with new TTS voices and the captions).
Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by tmaly on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @02:10PM (#28145543)
There is a way to group a set of your videos by topic, they call the feature “playlists” and it was introduced in March 2021.
Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by madeofpalk on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:04AM (#28140126)
What you're describing is Quibi.