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TikTok Remix Culture

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327 points demail | 4 comments | 15 May 21 00:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.883s | source
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gdubs ◴[15 May 21 01:14 UTC] No.27161363[source]▶
I’m pretty blown away by how ... vibrant TikTok is. There’s so many interesting niches. Photography, film making, philosophy, humor. I love seeing random accounts with 300 likes and then they’re million-plus a few weeks later. Like the guy who asks people with fancy cars what they do for a living.
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akkawwakka ◴[15 May 21 02:30 UTC] No.27161770[source]▶
It’s definitely a fount of creativity! Maybe it’s all the Gen Zers but it’s also the least toxic social network around. There’s so much joyful content there.
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1. rapsey ◴[15 May 21 03:45 UTC] No.27162150[source]▶
It is probably the most heavily moderated social network. It is I think also something that must have been created by someone not from the US. Americans belief in free speech also means you get a lot of bad with the good. TikTok surgically removes the bad.
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2. akkawwakka ◴[15 May 21 05:21 UTC] No.27162642[source]▶
The moderation is a definite net positive. Though those with political viewpoints opposite a given user and anti-vaxxers have abused the stringent moderation to wantonly get videos taken down or users’ live stream disabled. Growing pains.
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3. gundmc ◴[15 May 21 05:52 UTC] No.27162789[source]▶
> The moderation is a definite net positive.

Their moderation was effective at growing the platform, but pretty horrific in its own right.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/16/21181496/tiktok-ugly-poor...

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4. rapsey ◴[15 May 21 06:21 UTC] No.27162902{3}[source]▶
You definitely have your own definition of horrific.