TikTok Success Factors

Discussions focus on why TikTok outperforms platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, highlighting its superior recommendation algorithm, addictive short-video format, and effective content discovery for creators and users.

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johnthescott Jul 29, 2022 View on HN

my smart, young hipster friends say tiktok does a phenomenal job of building tools that enhance creators and classify streaming content to consumers, neither of which fb does well. text is dead. spread the good news.

trasz Jul 21, 2022 View on HN

Why TikTok and not YouTube, though?

distribot Feb 3, 2022 View on HN

You think TikTok is facsimile of Facebook?

xan92 Jul 10, 2022 View on HN

There is lot of good content creators on TikTok apart from (dancing/singing) ones, the TechTok community is huge , It really depends on what interest the end users have, It's all individual attention driven algorithm that caters to the end user needs based on their likes/dislikes. It's faster to learn if you don't like something it does a good job in not recommending those type of content again. Which I believe Instagram/youtube isn't that great at.

centv Jul 10, 2020 View on HN

TikTok seems to be more specialized on addictiveness: auto-play unlimited stream of short videos. It's all about removing friction, and TikTok has a good recommendation system.

scrollaway Jun 8, 2023 View on HN

TikTok already does the latter iirc.

2939223 Jun 27, 2021 View on HN

TikTok is to YouTube what Twitter is to blog posts.

ericcholis Aug 10, 2021 View on HN

Pro TikTok take. It's easier and friendlier to consume. The algorithm is good at tailoring interests. But, it's more like TV than FB.

juddlyon Nov 18, 2022 View on HN

TikTok is the spiritual successor to Vine, but with YouTube scale.

kaibee Dec 5, 2023 View on HN

You're just describing TikTok/Youtube algorithm.