Let’s talk about the hottest platform people over 35 don’t seem to use.
Hank Green’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAZapFzpP64
Sarah Z’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeCi4CSqtzw
00:00 Intro
03:00 What the heckin’ heck is TikTok
08:25 Life on the Algorithm
19:04 Content One TikTok At A Time
31:04 Immoderate Moderation
35:59 Monetization
39:42 Warhol’s Curse
47:41 Why Should We Care?
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pov *millenial boomer thinking about tiktok*: 🤒
pov *someone tells it to me in terms of ytmnd*:😤
Can't remember who said it, or how it heard it but what has always stuck with me was "Social media is cancer for the soul"
I am a fuddy duddy and that's how I like it!
I did some research into the adult swim tiktok trend from like a year ago for a video. I came to the conclusion that while there are some great artists on there it’s mostly empty calories. A lot of ads and sensible chuckle worthy jokes. I can confirm that it has a scary way of figuring out what you’re into because my feed is mostly anime edits cut to lofi hip hop.
This is a great video, man. Longtime subscriber and I think this is the best video you've made in a bit. Excited to see where you take the channel in the future
I find it a little bit crazy that you were able to devote less than 60 seconds to the "no one is calling stray racist" point — including all of the setup, the punchline, and the takedown — and yet "because it's short form" we get people saying "people are calling stray racist".
Great Vid!! Was it just me or was the audio and video slightly desynced during the segments when hes speaking to the camera in the tiktok frame?
after watching this video, i feel good that watching this video is the most i have engaged with TikTok ever, and i am going to endeavor to keep it that way
This was great.
Don't you find it tiring at all? i feel like I'm getting way too big a burst of serotonin burst while I'm on it and then a crash. I'm really curious if it affects short term attention spans.
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You're probably doing a good job of describing that hellhole but I noped about halfway, lol. Sarry!
Pretty wild stuff. I always Wondered how TikTok worked
Why is "monetization" such a core topic of discussion around these content platforms? What's wrong with the idea of hosting content that people made because they wanted to, instead of chasing the next buck? '90s Internet was a trove of valuable information without this cheap feeling of everyone always doing something just for money.
hahaha mate I was just thinking about ytmnd the other day which is weird since the last time i thought about it was like 15 years ago 😹😹
Great video! As an artist utilizing TikTok for short timelapses and quick reviews, I feel like what you said about TikTok's format being really geared towards people really rings true- other types of content, even if it's formatted for TikTok, just don't seem to do as well. It's a common meme in the artist spheres that Art Doesn't Do Well on TikTok, and sometimes it makes me wonder why I'm utilizing it at all- is it a platform I'm just having fun with, or am I trying to do something more with it that will never come to fruition because TikTok just isn't geared towards supporting the creators who utilize it.
Errant I've been subscribed to your content for some, 4 or 5 years now. But… What the fuck is this video, man.
This was an informative video. I don't use Tiktok but everything you said seems to check out, based on my experience of cultural osmosis of TikTok.
t. 23 y/o
Amazing video! The sections with rapid swiping through the for you page did make me feel pretty motion sick to the point that I had to look away, which was a bummer because it was otherwise really well edited and I wanted to be able to watch, not just listen.
Flipping great watch. I did think about starting a tiktok to do real short Transformer toy reviews but I guess, now I can see how it works a bit better, that wouldn't have worked on there at all. Like, it seems that tiktok isn't really for themed videos in the same way Youtube is. It's more about capturing a moment, or riffing on something, or being very much of the now. Not about long term stuff people might view years later. I really didn't know much about how it worked, other than it was short videos. Also, remember that WWE one? Clout was it? That was a thing for a while. Well, it was a thing only WWE cared about for a while.
Oh yeah, look at you being on camera again for the first time in years. I remember you'd appear on camera in your early vids and then you stopped and it made me realise that maybe if I wanna do scripted videos about games I don't have to appear on camera. I can just do the talking and that's fine.
Whoa, squirrel girl should be the next mcu avenger
Funnily enough, I experienced Chrissy Wake Up almost completely backwards. First, I heard the shitpost versions which had gone through 3 or 4 successive remixes and were used in completely unrelated contexts. Then I started hearing versions closer to the original. Then I saw it used in a way that tipped me off that it came from Stranger Things (I don't watch the show). Then I went to Youtube to see what the original scene was. And now, at long last, this video taught me that schmoyoho's behind it all like it's 2010 YouTube again. TikTok!
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Cheugy. Ah yes. I was kinda hoping that word would catch on, but it seems to have been left in 2021.
This is excellent! Thank you for the TikTok primer
are you Jeff Gerstmann's brother? Or like, Brad and Jeff combined?
alright got it. it's hell. thanks for explaining it!
I think you did a great job describing both the issues and the positive sides of TikTok. As a user (not a creator) on this platform, my problem mostly comes down to the lack of control one has over what they watch. At least with sites likes YouTube, you have the ability to control which video you click on based on that video's thumbnail and title. I don't mind that there's an algorithm tracking the content, but I do care about my ability for self-censorship.
I thought this was a Folding Ideas video.