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Anyone heard of tictoc

dex — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:06:54 GMT

They were discussing it on my news station this morning.Do you think it is a safe site to download.

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Alison Wonderland — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:19:41 GMT

TikTok? It's an app people use to make short videos, usually lip sync videos or short sketch comedy things. The app is safe.

It's mostly used by kids and young adults. There's an unusual number of people from the vampire, werewolf, and furry subcultures there. There are a lot of kids doing goofy challenge videos, so if you're considering it for kid, monitor it and have a lot of "online safety" discussions.

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dex — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:29:43 GMT

The media was saying that there was a lot of content for adults now too.

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godi — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:52:17 GMT

@dex @Alison Wonderland Thanks for asking and answering this. I was wondering what this was also. I just can't keep up with all this stuff!

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Shelbelle — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 21:13:35 GMT

I think it was mentioned today on The Talk

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GenXmuse — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 21:16:22 GMT

It’s legit. My kids love it.

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momoftwo2007 — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:32:34 GMT

@dex wrote:
They were discussing it on my news station this morning.Do you think it is a safe site to download.

@dex My teenage child uses it. It's a site that you make short music videos (around 15 seconds), and other people can like your video and comment on it (like other social media). It is definitely not for me, since I am not interested in filming myself lipsyncing.

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dex — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 00:41:40 GMT

@momoftwo2007 Apparently there are things that adults are interested in too...such as cupning

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ScrapHappy — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:22:14 GMT

@dex wrote:
They were discussing it on my news station this morning.Do you think it is a safe site to download.

My daughter has been asking for this for a long time, she's 14. I'm very leary of things like this. What he/she puts out there has circumstances and follows you. I did hear on my local news channel that tictoc is one website of many that predators follow. My daughter says she's not interested in posting videos of herself but rather watch her friends because so many of her friends are on it. I may give in (a little) with ground rules and monitoring what she does.

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DJs mom — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:28:06 GMT

My niece is on it. She and her friends posts videos of them dancing or singing, being silly. Her activity is monitored by her mom.

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sidsmom — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:36:43 GMT

Man, there are so, so, so many creative things on TikTok.

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dex — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:17:44 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
Man, there are so, so, so many creative things on TikTok.

Do you have the app?

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MorningLover — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:55:06 GMT

TikTok has quickly become one of the most popular social media apps worldwide, especially among Gen Z users. The app, owned by a Chinese company , features user generated videos set to a variety of songs accessible through the app. Unlike other popular social media apps like Facebook owned Instagram, TikTok’s feed of videos is not based on users following specific accounts, but rather relies more heavily on its algorithm to learn user interests.

~cnbc

The fast-growing, Chinese-owned video sharing network TikTok agreed to pay a US $5.7 million fine to US authorities to settle charges that it illegally collected personal information from children, officials said.

“The operators of TikTok,knew many children were using the app but they still failed to seek parental consent before collecting names, email addresses and other personal information from users under the age of 13,” said FTC chairman Joe Simons.

~ Lots of info. about TikTok online

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Nancy Drew — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:53:25 GMT

My niece was telling me she would never let her minor children go on tictoc. She says there are very inappropriate videos on it. Just what she says. I have no idea. Doesn't sound like something I would be interested in myself.

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sidsmom — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:09:45 GMT

@dex wrote:
@sidsmom wrote:
Man, there are so, so, so many creative things on TikTok.
Do you have the app?

Nope....but a lot of people I follow on Twitter forward posts.
They're just short videos...kinda/sorta like Vine