Does anyone here actually use TikTok?

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Kaido

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Seems to still work from here, no idea about the apps, I don't do that stuff, but site is up. Seems pointless if they just banned the apps though, do people really install that spyware on their phones?!

Different IP ranges though...

Code:
Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.68
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.70
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.76
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.69
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.72
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.73
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.74


The other IPs were owned by Amazon, these ones are owned by Akamai. Guessing they just moved to another CDN. Their actual servers are in China I assume so this is mostly some sort of tunnel.

7 million businesses rely on Tiktok. This would be like taking way Visa card processing services. Pretty crazy!

VPN doesn't work as it knows I have a US-based account.
 

Red Squirrel

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Wow did not realize businesses were using that when there's other alternatives that are US based. What are they using it for really, I don't imagine it's super critical to their business unless it does something I don't realize?

What happens when you try to use it right now, I'm kinda curious.
 

Kaido

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Wow did not realize businesses were using that when there's other alternatives that are US based. What are they using it for really, I don't imagine it's super critical to their business unless it does something I don't realize?

What happens when you try to use it right now, I'm kinda curious.

Tiktok added $24.2 billion to the US GDP in 2023 FYI



 
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Red Squirrel

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Damn, I didn't figure people posting random short videos could be profited from much other than Tiktok themselves making money from selling user info.
 

WilliamM2

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Seems to still work from here, no idea about the apps, I don't do that stuff, but site is up. Seems pointless if they just banned the apps though, do people really install that spyware on their phones?!

Different IP ranges though...

Code:
Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.68
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.70
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.76
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.69
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.72
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.73
Name:    tiktok.com
Address: 23.222.17.74


The other IPs were owned by Amazon, these ones are owned by Akamai. Guessing they just moved to another CDN. Their actual servers are in China I assume so this is mostly some sort of tunnel.
It's banned I the US, not Canada...why wouldn't it work for you?

Personally, I've never used it, and don't care. Probably better of without another disinformation social media site.

 

MrSquished

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Trump and the Republican party are literally the ones who set this all in motion with an executive order in 2020 and a push to legislate this ban
 

Red Squirrel

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It's banned I the US, not Canada...why wouldn't it work for you?

Personally, I've never used it, and don't care. Probably better of without another disinformation social media site.


I was just curious, as I figured our traffic mostly went through the US to get to China so that we'd be affected too, but does not appear to be that way.
 

MrSquished

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I was just curious, as I figured our traffic mostly went through the US to get to China so that we'd be affected too, but does not appear to be that way.
Why the fuck would Canada not have it's own internet pipeline to Asia? You think Canada IP addresses are the same as US IP addresses?

Any other brilliant IT i takes you have coming for us other than that you could run Twitter and Facebook out of your child porn server shed?
 
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mindless1

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Artificial bubbles tend to pop.

Bye bye tik tok, you did nothing useful so... reality.

If your attention span is that short, time for an upgrade.

I do understand, kids this days were raised on the internet, and are inherently stoooooopid as a result. If this causes them to get out and experience real life even 1% more, it was worthwhile.

At the same time, I hate the idea of censorship, but we have reached a point where our youth are blithering idiots and need a certain amount of unplugging from nonsense. In other words, I have no fear about China, it's the larger picture that concerns me;.

In that larger picture, I don't think TT should be banned, and let idiots waste their time there as they see fit.

#choices
 
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KMFJD

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still working here in the DR , i've seen people with starlink in certain parts of the EU and Australia complaining that they are getting blocked atm
 

Kaido

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I didn't figure people posting random short videos could be profited from much other than Tiktok themselves making money from selling user info.

The short version is:

1. Nearly 50% of Americans actively use Tiktok
2. Anyone can hit record with no special IT or video editing skills, which means you can build up a niche following in the millions
3. Brands will provide sponsorships, i.e. pay you to feature their product or service

Sample pay rates:


Payments by follower count:

* Nano Influencers: (1,000 – 10,000 followers) A nano influencer specializing in local gourmet food reviews may earn $150 per video to feature a new restaurant.
* Micro Influencers: (10,000 – 100,000 followers) A micro influencer known for her DIY home decor tips might charge $500 per video to promote a new line of eco-friendly paint.
* Macro Influencers: (100,000 – 1 million followers) A macro influencer who focuses on fitness and wellness could earn $3,000 per video to participate in a fitness challenge sponsored by a sports brand.
* Celebrity Influencers: (1 million+ followers) A celebrity influencer famous for comedic content might command $20,000 to integrate a brand into one of their skits.


The latest industry data shows that TikTok influencers earn an average salary of $131,874

That means that if you do ONE brand deal a day as a Macro Influencer, you can make a pretty good living! Imaging placing a billboard for protein shakes on the highway vs. outside the entrance to a gym: you're getting highly-targeted ads, but with Tiktok, it's nationwide & even worldwide, through organic marketing to the exact audience you want. There is:

1. Brand deals & sponsorships
2. Tiktok Creator fund
3. Live sessions where user gifts are monetized
4. Tiktok Shop commission


Going viral & getting even 100k followers means you can make a decent amount, depending on your content & work ethic:

Realistic TikTok Earnings with 100K Followers. Here’s an estimate of monthly earnings based on different monetization strategies:

TikTok Creator Fund: $20 – $200
Brand Partnerships: $200 – $1,000
Live Streaming Gifts: $50 – $200
Affiliate Marketing: $100 – $1,000
Merchandise Sales: $100 – $500
Total: $470 – $2,900+ (These numbers will vary based on content quality, audience engagement, and niche.)

Plenty of people are out there making a living with short-form content! It's a top funnel for discovery due to the great algorithm:


I mean it when I say that I think that Tiktok is the greatest educational platform in the world:

School should be taught Tiktok-style
 
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lxskllr

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Advertising is a shellgame of bullshit. Sold and pimped by people without morals or ethics. There isn't enough money in the world to get me to sell something I don't personally believe in. I wouldn't allow advertising on any videos I made unless they were for companies/products I already had a relationship with. If you saw a product in my video, it's because I believe in, and endorse those products. If one of those companies wants to sponsor me, I would accept their money. Otherwise, fuck off...

So, there's some choice spots in my sig area...

Samson
RockExotica
Yale
Stihl
echo
CMI
Ettan
Leksands
Halva
Wesspur
Arbsession
probably a few more...

Get in touch. Maybe we can work something out
 

Kaido

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If you saw a product in my video, it's because I believe in, and endorse those products. If one of those companies wants to sponsor me, I would accept their money.

You're exactly describing the Tiktok advertising model lol

Basically, someone big or famous will sponsor a product, then the early adopters review it, then the masses. Junk products get exposed for what they are because of reviews & the algorithm & aren't hidden by Google's SEO tactics. It's like when a product on Amazon has 10,000 reviews...there's just not enough money to buy off that many people.

American retailers kind of hate this, as well as everybody buying directly from Tiktok Shop. Facebook wants to buy the algorithm & make money:


Politicians too:


Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), the author of the bill to ban TikTok, owns hundreds of thousands of dollars of stock in Meta, one of TikTok's chief rivals. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) bought up to $50,000 worth of Meta stock last January before voting to ban TikTok in April.


If this was a serious inquiry, the data spying allegations would apply to Meta & all of the other social media apps. This is corporate lobbying for profit. This is not The Onion:

 

KMFJD

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now if they could install a translation service for red note, that would rule
 

Kaido

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AWW YEAH DOOMSCROLLING


Calculated play?

1. Gets Trump in with the younger voters
2. Hype's up Tiktok's awareness for free advertising with the "ban" to come back even more popular & loved than before

Background:

1. Tiktok CEO will be at the inauguration
2. A Tiktok board member's wife donated a million bucks to Trump & GOP recently
3. Jeffrey Yaas' SIG group has a 15% company stake in Tiktok worth $40 billion dollars, a personal 7% stake, and donated at least $46 million to Republican causes in 2024

 

lxskllr

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The best laws money can buy. How does it feel to live in a third world shithole? Everybody knew there were different countries depending on how much money you had, but they used to have the decency to be discrete, and prop up the illusion. That decency's gone...
 
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MrSquished

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China wants to make Trump look good. This is all part of that .They know Trump is going to destroy America for the actual people because they're going to use it for the very few. So they need Trump to get his agenda through, in order for America to fail. Thus China's biggest adversary on the world stage can be weakened dramatically without a shot being fired

As as the Russian KGB predicted decades ago, America has to be destroyed from the inside. And that is exactly what the Trump movement is. It's absolutely disgusting evil and will destroy America.
 

Kaido

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Everybody knew there were different countries depending on how much money you had, but they used to have the decency to be discrete, and prop up the illusion. That decency's gone...

I mean, if we're just going by headlines...




 
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Shmee

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I never used tiktok, but can't someone just go there in a browser? Is the whole site banned or just the app?
 
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