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TikTok creators mourn app where 'overnight' success is possible (www.bbc.com)
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[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 27 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You can say the same about the whole entertainment industry then. You just prefer other things than short form, visual content.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I cannot say that a great movie is equivalent to a meme in an animated GIF.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Nobody is saying that. But I will take a great meme over a shitty movie any day.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Nobody is saying that

Well, that other guy was saying this so...

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

No, they did not. All I saw was a statement that people making a living on sites like TikTok or YouTube are also part of the entertainment industry. Which is just a fact. Whether you like short form content on these sites or not doesn't change that fact.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

part of the entertainment industry. Which is just a fact

Your facts are yours only, and laughable too. Get a job, something that is the tiniest bit useful. But filling the internet with your inane thoughts is definitely not a job, nor does it belong in a forum dedicated to technology. The mere "fact" that any moron can pretend to have a job by putting 30 seconds videos in the latest fad is disgusting and unworthy of humanity.

Woops, I already spent more time answering your post than those idiots have spent filming themselves spewing what idiotic thoughts came out of their brains. Am I an influencer now?

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Am I an influencer now?

You aren't making any money from it, so, no.

Like it or not, people make a living doing this.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

people make a living doing this

I know. The tiktok ban may fix that for some time hopefully.