• Nightwatch Admin@feddit.nl
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      1 year ago

      For me, this is the real news:

      a shocking number of ads, rivaling network TV.

      Everyone being so shocked at Tiktok ads while they have been watching as many or even more ads via their daily TV sessions… for decades, and no one bats an eye at that?

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        Wtf are you talking about? Arguably the rise of streaming and TV recording is purely due to the disgusting amounts of advertising on TV. Streamers start adding ads to their paid services and everyone goes “this is why we stopped watching live TV, are you stupid, Netflix?” Nobody says an eye at TV ads? I literally have watched live TV for over a decade. What planet have you been living on?

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          I said that no one seems to be shocked by the amount of ads on tv, while they are so shocked by the same amount on tiktok. Which I think is rather peculiar (or hypocritical). If that was not clear, then please accept my apologies.

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            Yes that’s what I thought you said. I asked wtf you were talking about because what you were saying is so incorrect that it is like you intentionally chose the opposite of the truth, sorry if that wasn’t clear.

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    So don’t use it? I don’t understand why people complain and then don’t do anything as a result of their complaint.

    Stop using the crappy platform. If you want video hosting there are literally way better options and that predate tiktok

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    Seems like people are going off the headline only, so here are some more details. While the results are predictable, it’s still worth exploring for how bad it is

    The results? On TikTok, about a third of the content we watched were ads — but it didn’t always feel that way.

    TikTok didn’t respond to a request for data on how frequently ads supposed are to on the bak site and how these ads are dispersed on the For You Page (FYP). However, a TikTok spokesperson told Insider ads supposed are to represent a small portion of the content people should see on their FYP.

    Hannah’s observations

    Sebastian’s observations

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      Not much different than Facebook, instagram, tumblr. About every forty post was an advertisement. It’s why I left those.

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    We watched 1,000 TikToks in one sitting.

    “Doctor, when I bash my head against a brick wall, it hurts!”

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    One thousand TikToks? How do you retain your sanity from watching that many?

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      That’s only 3-4 hours. I think most of us would be fine doing that for our job. I certainly would watch 3-4 hours of TikTok and write down some statistics for getting paid.