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TikTok hits 1.5B downloads, outperforming Instagram

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298 points elorant | 2 comments | 19 Nov 19 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.517s | source
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Jedi72 ◴[19 Nov 19 15:23 UTC] No.21573764[source]▶
Im surprised at peoples comments like "its not organic growth" and "they'll never be profitable" - how is TikTok different to snap/insta/fb in the early years? The thing that matters in that biz is hitting critical mass of users. Then they can spend the next 10 yrs bleeding their users in long tail of platform stickyness.
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1. butler14 ◴[19 Nov 19 15:49 UTC] No.21574143[source]▶
huge advertising spends
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2. baq ◴[19 Nov 19 19:48 UTC] No.21577428[source]▶
Chinese money wants in instead of the usual way where it’s western money trying to pick China. Not sure about censorship, always a possibility when Chinese money is involved.