{"id":22055,"date":"2019-09-10T20:58:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T19:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/?p=22055"},"modified":"2019-09-10T21:00:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T20:00:06","slug":"tiktok-its-like-vine-but-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/tiktok-its-like-vine-but-different\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok: It’s Like Vine, But Different"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Meghan McEniry Brosnan<\/p>\n

Ever since Vine shut down in 2016, the internet has cried, begged and tweeted for a replacement to their beloved app, but nothing has come close.<\/p>\n

However, with the rise of TikTok, has the day finally arrived?<\/p>\n

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David Bowie, Prince, Carrie Fisher, George Michael Alan Rickman, Harambe, Vine, 2016 really was an awful year for deaths<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What exactly is TikTok?<\/strong>
\nTikTok is a video-sharing app with more than 500 million users worldwide that lets you create, share, and watch short videos on your smartphone.<\/p>\n

According to TikTok.com, the platform is the “world’s leading destination for short-form mobile videos.”<\/p>\n

By their own definition, it sounds like any content-creators paradise.<\/p>\n

Like Vine, TikTok teeters on the edge of amateur professionalism – and it’s this juxtaposition that makes the app so impressive.<\/p>\n

Skilled editing paired with childlike acting and lip-synching is called for.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t matter if aspects of any ‘TikTok’ is cringe-inducing.<\/p>\n

Everyone on TikTok is just having fun.<\/p>\n

Users are riffing on the trend of the moment or creating a new one – the weirder, the better.<\/p>\n

Indeed, TikTok is credited with helping Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road go viral – a song that would ultimately end up spending the longest time at number one in American music history.<\/p>\n

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Lil Nas X: One of a growing array of musicians who have gone onto huge success based off internet memes<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No passing fad<\/strong><\/p>\n

While TikTok may just seem like another craze, countless Youtube compilations and social media accounts say otherwise.<\/p>\n

The official TikTok account on Instagram has over 19.9m followers, and compilations are currently averaging anywhere between 460k to 1.4m views per compilation on Youtube.<\/p>\n

This can also be seen with the Vine accounts and the now thousands of “RIP Vine” compilations with absurd titles such as “Vines that are cleaner than your grandma’s kitchen.”<\/p>\n

Even before Vine shut down, there were hundreds of accounts dedicated to showcasing the most popular vines of the day, week, or month.<\/p>\n

Because of the similarities, including the fact that, like Vine, TikTok has backed away from monetisation that could help it become a sustainable business, it’s easy to suggest that TikTok won’t last.<\/p>\n

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Can you put a price on culture? Twitter did when they shut down Vine.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But there are also reasons to believe that might not be the case.<\/p>\n

Firstly, TikTok already has over 500 million active users – more than double that of Vine at its peak.<\/p>\n

Second, TikTok’s timing couldn’t be better. Video is booming, and this generation of tech-savvy tweens and teens are always on the look-out for new ways to go “viral.”<\/p>\n

Finally, TikTok is owned by ByteDance. It may not be a recognisable name outside of China, but the privately-held company is now the most highly-valued tech startup in the world, valued at $75 billion.<\/p>\n

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The Middle Kingdom are becoming bigger players in the world of online content every day – unbeknownst to Western audiences.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TikTok has a lot of capital behind it, making it more difficult to quash.<\/p>\n

Is TikTok the Vine second-coming we’ve been waiting for?<\/p>\n

Some say yes and others no but only time will tell.<\/p>\n

We may never get Vine back, but at least we have TikTok.<\/p>\n

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By: Meghan McEniry Brosnan Ever since Vine shut down in 2016, the internet has cried, begged and tweeted for a replacement to their beloved app, but nothing has come close. However, with the rise of TikTok, has the day finally arrived? What exactly is TikTok? TikTok is a video-sharing app with more than 500 million […]<\/p>\n

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