TikTok
TikTok is one of the most widely used popular video-sharing platforms on the web and experienced a meteoric adoption rate among users in a relatively short amount of time.
In September 2016, Chinese-based software company ByteDance launched a video-sharing social media application called Douyin. The following year, an international version was launched for the masses to install on their mobile devices named TikTok. The platform quickly established itself as the most downloaded application in the United States in October of 2018 and has persisted in being a social media powerhouse today.
TikTok’s rise to app store domination can largely be attributed to ByteDance’s acquisition of Musical.ly in November of 2017 for a whopping $1 billion. Musical.ly users were automatically integrated into TikTok’s platform after the buyout, and the majority of those users were from the U.S.
Although the DNA of TikTok’s original content trademark—lip-syncing and dance routine videos—are still largely popular on the platform, the application has evolved in its respective markets to offer a wide variety of clips from its user base. Allowing for more long-form videos has allowed for content creators to upload viral storytimes and, in some instances, mini-documentaries about their daily lives.
TikTok’s user base currently stands at approximately 1 billion. Unlike other social media networks, however, there’s a strong argument to be made that it’s the most culturally significant app. Throngs of folks want to be TikTok famous, and numerous individuals have managed to launch successful branding and influencer careers from the application.
Even so, the platform has also become an integral online space for individuals to share their everyday lives—from Instacart shopper woes to corporate workforce pains, and massive Shein hauls to revolutionary shopper-focused hacks. Here, TikTok exists as an essential view of real-world discourse through a digital lens.
‘They are out of their damn minds’: Woman says she regrets opening up Macy’s credit card, says she will never shop there again
‘There is not one thing in Macy’s that is worth me buying at 34% interest.’
On by Phil West
‘They made me pay for an empty salad container today’: Customer can’t believe how much Chick-fil-A is charging for fruit cups that ‘aren’t even full’
‘And under the good fruit on top is just apples.’
On by Maya Wray
What’s Flavor Flav doing at the Olympics? Instagram comments lead to USA Water Polo team connection
The Hall of Fame rapper has been spending a lot of time with the USA water polo teams.
On by Mike Hadge
‘There is a reason the Litter Robot is 1K’: Woman issues warning about automatic litter boxes after cat dies
‘It happened in the night when we were sleeping.’
On by Nina Hernandez
‘You kinda ate him up’: Ex-Chipotle worker says he lost job for making revenge bowl for ‘massive’ 10pm order. Then the customer responds
‘Who orders 12 Chipotle bowls at 10 o’clock at night?’
On by Tiffanie Drayton
‘Let’s see if the car is still here’: Woman’s car transmission dies. So she leaves it in the parking lot for 9 months
‘It’s been at a nissan dealership for almost 2 yrs.’
On by Jack Alban
‘You are really not supposed to’: Woman issues warning about buying candles at the thrift store
‘But why on the already used candles?’
On by Brooke Sjoberg
Who is Dancepool? How ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ paid homage to N Sync’s ‘Bye Bye Bye’
Don’t be so quick to give Ryan Reynolds his choreo flowers.
On by Mike Hadge
‘Not good Costco’: Costco shopper tries to buy 50 hotdogs for unhoused people, can’t believe store’s response
‘Not at my store.’
On by Stacy Fernandez
‘Did I get got?’: Chick-fil-A customer questions if she got scammed after one meal comes out to $30
‘Like I could’ve got hibachi for that price.’
On by Stacy Fernandez
‘The difference it had made’: Woman shares hack her car salesman taught her
‘Do you understand how much money I am saving?’
On by Braden Bjella
‘Here are 3 things they aren’t telling you’: Expert says this popular side hustle isn’t what it seems. Should you bother?
‘Many don’t even make it through credit check.’
On by Braden Bjella
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