What is the point of TikTok

I think it's brilliant. The algorithm that tailors your viewing suggestions is quite good. I spend hours watching short vids on DIY, music, world politics, sports...etc..

The occasional vid of teenage girls, with swimming attire wedged up their rears, dancing to some inane dance does crop up but they are easily recognisable and swiped through. The more you dismiss these vids, the less likely they are to reappear.

That said, I don't think it's a suitable app for young children. I cringe when I hear parents joking about how long their pre-teens spend on it..

Yep, I watch martial arts and weightlifting stuff on it and there's loads of useful content. The longer you watch a video it scores it higher in your interests

The fact the the videos are short means people have to get to the point as well

Its to embed that extremely irritating song that plays on 90% of the clips into your brain. You know the one "Whatever happened to you..oh no..oh no..oh no.no.no.no no". Usually the no.no.part plays when some cat gets stuck in a tree or some japanese girl gets tapped on the back by a prankster who runs away.

One of the most annoying tunes ive ever heard in my life!

It’s like YouTube just a lot more interactive, user friendly and better to navigate... yes there is weirdness and there are a lot of teens just jumping on the bandwagon and stuff just doing stuff for the sake of it but it’s by and large, ok, humorous, informative and even interesting at times.

the most popular tik toks are people dancing to hit songs.theres funny tik toks , look on youtube best tik toks.tik tok has millions of users, its the biggest video app after youtube.you click on what you like, eg gaming, 80s music etc and you,ll get more content like that.

yes i look on tik tik on my pc i see irish tik toks, most of which or you people doing stupid things alot of which are boring and stupid and pointless,

some tik tokers are very funny are less they are incredible talented dancers . i have not seen any slightly good irish tik tok. its like youtube, theres billions of videos, ,its up to you to find good content ,when a new song comes out someone spends hours making a new dance which is copied by 1000s of people . probaly 90 per cent of the content is boring or mediocre or of no interest to you, do you really want to see a 18 year old talk about blm or mental health or a random topic. probably not.

why is it so popular ,? because it has easy to use audio, video editing tools for anyone to make video,s and use any music they want to. amd one good video will inspire others to make similar videos. the next gen of tv video editors, or media producers or comedians are probably on tik tok

youtube wont allow you to make videos using music owned by sony, big music companys .

i have not installed the app so if i go to tik tok.com i mostly see awful irish tik toks . is there even one talented irish tik tok user ? whats the point of youtube, its clever, eg a video is only a minute, if you dont like it click on something else .

say you like queen or abba ,theres 1000,s of tik toks featuring songs form any era ,70,s 90,s etc or you might say its an easy way to get famous .if you can dance or make a funny video ,if itgoe,s viral and gets a millions views , you,ll get sponsors offering you ad money.

Tik Tok is a very well designed app, easy to use, use any music you like, no need to worry about content getting taken down if it has music, people using public domain music from 1800, bach, Handel etc get dmca notices from company's that made records of classical music from 100 years ago. People on YouTube get dmca notices eg your 2 hour video has 3 seconds of music in it, I now get ad revenue on your video. If I go to tik Tok. Com I see Irish videos and they seem stupid, random and boring I see some tik Tok videos on YouTube that are clever funny and entertaining

Young people use tik Tok to talk about anything they find interesting it may be boring or not relevant if you are over 3o years of age

Why do people feel the need to look at some randomer from the other side of the world dancing to sh!tty music?

TikTok is for the braindead. It's pure brain rot.

It's a ripoff of vines but with added Chinese spyware.

Tik Tok I just don't get it. I installed it but just found it annoying

Some W@nker dancing around in front of a tractor to shlt music? WTF?

Besides it's something I just haven't got time for. Boards, Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, Sports Apps and News takes up all my Android time

so Tik Tok uninstalled (rarely used app)

People stuck at home bored during the pandemic has only made it worse. You could say there's an epidemic of attention seeking.

Probably in the past 2 years. It's definitely a generational thing. I'm late 20s and I don't get it. It appeals to people who have no comprehension of what dial-up internet is nor looks like. People who grew up with Instagram and who get their dopamine hit from the amount of likes/views they get.

tik tok has licensed all the hit pop songs, from the music ip holders, basically you can any use music on tik tok without getting a dmca notice to remove it , use a few seconds of music on youtube without permission and you,ll get a dmca notice or they ,ll take your ad revenue .

the app has built in audio and video editing functions, youtube has no basic video editing functions .tik toks are usually 60 seconds long.

There is a theory lead pipes lead to the downfall of the Roman empire. Long term exposure to lead can affect the development of a child's brain leading to problems with learning, behaviour and attention.

well then, at least there's one parent in control.

It's very good for investment advice.

The world can easily live without TikTok.

These videos are probably only some kind of trap to collect whatever user dater and evaluate this data for whatever reason.....