TikTok appears to be gearing up for a big push into messaging (www.theverge.com)
from 1984@lemmy.today to technology@lemmy.ml on 06 Sep 2023 09:31
https://lemmy.today/post/886137

So Telegram took features from Instagram nobody really wants, and TikTok is going into messaging…

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HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works on 06 Sep 2023 10:39 next collapse

Only idiots will use it, and it will be popular

Fisch@lemmy.ml on 06 Sep 2023 20:18 collapse

I don’t think so. People didn’t switch to privacy friendly messengers because everyone was using WhatsApp, even though there was a benefit to it, so I don’t see why people would switch to a TikTok messenger when there is no benefit to it at all.

dandroid@dandroid.app on 06 Sep 2023 21:43 next collapse

Because people are idiots.

christophski@feddit.uk on 06 Sep 2023 23:29 collapse

They’ll use it because they already have the app open and they can’t be bothered to switch to their messaging app

starman@programming.dev on 06 Sep 2023 10:52 next collapse

I have a feeling that all these people who refuse to install signal when I ask them to, because “why do I need another app?” won’t have any problems with installing ByteDance’s messaging app.

ThePantser@lemmy.world on 08 Sep 2023 13:00 collapse

I have the same feeling, I tried to get my family to switch away from zuckshit and they refused. So now it’s just me and my wife on the app.

INeedMana@lemmy.world on 06 Sep 2023 13:39 next collapse

So they made notes on Facebook. IMO it would be already dead if not for Messenger

Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 06 Sep 2023 17:28 next collapse

At this point just merge the two apps into InstaTok

UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world on 06 Sep 2023 18:02 next collapse

Trusting the CCP with your texts is a fantastic idea with no chance of backfiring.

No chance of firing back at the hit-squad that’ll be after you, if you send Winnie the Pooh memes that is.

Teknikal@lemm.ee on 06 Sep 2023 22:53 collapse

I had a brief stage I found tiktok pretty entertaining but I think it took me several days for it to let me make an account.

Tried to log in to my pc had no success, tried it on my firetv and it downright trolled my attempt by switching the on screen verification code like every 5 seconds. Before just showing none.

I gave up on it