PigTok!!
TIK TOK's no-brainer short video format is a world-wide blockbuster. In the US it has170m TTers - more than half the country's pop. But unless ByteDance, the Chinese co. that owns it sells out to an American company it's curtains in the US. Or so they say. To top it off, t3 states have sued TT for being addictive to kids.
With 2bn users worldwide, it's addictive period. Kamala Harris' two videos got 50mn hits. A big chunk for one site. To rake in more doe TT has an online store, is publishing digital books and the old-fashioned kind.
Eki advised me to stay off the app. But I got hooked on two TT trends in the Washington Post and New York Times: castor oil for wrinkles and apple cider vinegar for eczema.* They work. I think.
*10% of the world's pop. has eczema
Economist, Washington Post, New York Times, internet
Next week: UNCANNY VALLEY: creepy eerie feelings when humans up close to an AI person
Note: What to say... of all the time-sinking ratholes of the world, TikTok is **not** the one i will dive into. Making the viral miss maggypiggy was fun though ;-)
-- Eki
