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Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by dTal on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @06:45PM (#28135712)
>the short and fast phased nature of the TikTok content

Ahh, so it's Twitter for video... is this good? It's my impression that there's a growing consensus that Twitter's content length restriction optimizes for shallow hot takes and angry mobs.

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Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by ehsankia on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @10:51PM (#28137371)
I don't think that's a rule, I think Twitter's length restriction has lead to quite a few good things too. Restrictions in general are a great way to motivate creativity. Of course there are limits to this. There are times where a 40m video or a proper 10 page blog post are more appropriate.
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Re:TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app by cerved on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:01AM (#28140111)
remember Vine?
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