You may be correct.
But considering TikTok has 1.1 billion monthly active users... we know they have at least 1.1 billion downloads.
Maybe people downloaded it more than once?
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TikTok Becomes First Non-Facebook App to Hit 3 Billion Downloads
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You may be correct.
But considering TikTok has 1.1 billion monthly active users... we know they have at least 1.1 billion downloads.
Maybe people downloaded it more than once?
90% of the comments here: tell me you’re a boomer without telling me you’re a boomer.
Everyone here that is part of the default settings gang needs to just bow out of the conversation.
TikTok is many things: but at its core it is a platform for creativity. You can seek out all kinds of content on it - if what you are seeing is junk then you need to stop watching / liking similar things.
I’ve seen so many wonderful things on TikTok - incredible music/dancing/painting/pottery/comedy… so many people outputting incredible content.
Every platform will have its share of crappy content (just look at most of the comments on this thread) - that shouldn’t define the platform.
Everyone here that is part of the default settings gang needs to just bow out of the conversation.
TikTok is many things: but at its core it is a platform for creativity. You can seek out all kinds of content on it - if what you are seeing is junk then you need to stop watching / liking similar things.
I’ve seen so many wonderful things on TikTok - incredible music/dancing/painting/pottery/comedy… so many people outputting incredible content.
Every platform will have its share of crappy content (just look at most of the comments on this thread) - that shouldn’t define the platform.
Come on dude….go look at the top watched stuff. There are no bad algorithms btw. They feed you to what others like a lot. And it’s not bad bc I “disagree“ with the content message. It just sucks.
Most of the good content would be recycled from other platforms. There actually isn’t a lot of creative content there because everyone does the current trend or steals a video. SOME can be good, but it’s literally 95% crap.
That's not how the TikTok algorithm works at all. They feed you what you watch, not "what others like a lot". My TikTok feed is home design, tech products, and cats. I would imagine there's tons of popular dog videos, but I don't ever see them because the algorithm already knows I swipe right by them. When I first joined the app I saw tons of the popular creators doing their dance videos, now I don't see any of those.
In what capacity? You make the algorithm, you modify it if there’s a misfire, or you are a communal users of tiktok that wants to sound cool? There’s no shame in the latter.
Wonder if he get's flack for using a gmail address while working at Apple? Valid point about people who make month don't have social profiles.
As always, people want to connect, share and hopefully earn money in the process. Nothing has changed in thousands of years.
Cringe. I'm a millennial and you are part of the problemThis entire thread is basically boomers explaining why they are boomers. “Wahhh, this app sucks according to my opinion” “I disconnect from social media!” (The forum you are viewing and commenting on is SOCIAL MEDIA, by the way. It is commenting on the media of our day-to-day use, I.e iPhones, etc).
Edit: I miss vine.
Well if you’re 30+ and I’m 23 I generally imagine it’s be YOU who is cringe by definition of age range grouping, if you’re making the “bah I’m older and jaded” argument? But that doesn’t really matter, because SOMEBODY cares enough to post this. All in good fun that we enjoy our consumerism nonsense, right?
Every Chinese app is required by Chinese law to provide all their data to the Chinese government - the same governmetn that hacks US databases, and is collecting DNA info around the world from various medical tests. As bad as Facebook is, this is bad at a whole new level.
That's the deal here. People be like "muh I don't like Tiktok/muh boomers complaining about Tiktok", but the real problem is the amount of data being collected. Some months ago someone already disclosed the huge amount of data it gathers and how invasive it is, way more than Facebook. And if we already agree FB is horrible, specially in privacy, Tik Tok is just a nightmare.
TikTok fascinates me--not because I use it but because of the people in my circle who DO use it. I have one friend who will send me upwards of 6-7 videos a day from TikTok (I rarely watch them and I've told him so) and he's in his 60s. My other friend in his 60s also sends me multiple videos a week (2-3) though my millennial friends don't even use the platform.
I've tried it a few times myself but, like Quibi, I'm not really into short content. I did find this amazing doctor who would point out fantastic anatomical anomalies during autopsies but the content is always too short to be more than a basic overview. I ended up removing the app. I'll stick with the handful of YouTube channels I follow.
I've tried it a few times myself but, like Quibi, I'm not really into short content. I did find this amazing doctor who would point out fantastic anatomical anomalies during autopsies but the content is always too short to be more than a basic overview. I ended up removing the app. I'll stick with the handful of YouTube channels I follow.
It's not a boomer thing. Like, at all. I'm not even close to a boomer, and I still think TikTok is just meh. Most people younger than me that call other people boomers don't even know what that word is referring to.
The problem with TikTok has nothing to do with age of the user. It has to do with how much/little the user values their free time. Most of the time when I choose not to open/look at TikTok, it's because I don't feel like looking at people smash pies in each others' faces for an hour and then regretting my decision. I could be using that time to goof around with my family, play some Switch, read, etc. TikTok is just brain candy.
Well, to be fair, in my case YouTube is my brain candy. Although I see videos about technology, science, productivity and software. So I think it’s more educating thank TikTok.
But yeah, as you said, I prefer to play on my PlayStation, watch Amazon/Disney+ content, learn how edit videos, install emulators, talk with my family, go to take a walk while listening to a podcast... or even write. I should read more, but somehow I lost my patience to read a book, and I think it’s a consequence of this overstimulating world.
I sometimes feel like there are not enough hours in the day for everything I’d like to do (a 32h day would be fine), because on top of everything, I need to sleep at least 8-9 hours, that’s sacred for my body.
And yeah, there are people who wrongly call us boomers, while e we are really millennials or even gen-x.
Thanks for the polite reply, I agree with you.
It's a great time to be alive if you're into gadgets, computers, and video games. I sometimes find the amount of choices to be overwhelming. I use Steve Jobs' comment about "crisis of choice" a lot. Sometimes when there are like 6 things I want to do with my free time after work, I get aggravated because I can't decide and just watch TV instead. Not the same context--Jobs was talking about too many different Mac models being on the market--but same concept.
The problem with future generations is that they think its cool and right to act like an idiot online. I wonder how many will regret seeing these videos and how long it will hunt them in the future. I can just imagine a future politician with a video from 20 years ago where she drinks coke+mentos and make a huge fart or a doctor that stuck firecrackers in his ears.
lets not kid ourselves, we all did things when we were younger that we are not necessary proud of but we did not recorded it on tape and shared it with the world to archive forever.
lets not kid ourselves, we all did things when we were younger that we are not necessary proud of but we did not recorded it on tape and shared it with the world to archive forever.