Building TikTok

Dive into TikTok's beginning, and find out how it became a global superpower in social media.

Dive into TikTok's beginning, and find out how it became a global superpower in social ... more

Hosted bySusannah Wilson

Curated bySilence Nogood, Hark Contributor

6 CLIPS34 MINS

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Starting Up TikTok’s Predecessor, Musical.ly

Alex Zhu, the founder of Musical.ly, talks about the key components that made his app, the original TikTok, go viral.

Starting Up TikTok’s Predecessor, Musical.ly

Greymatter

2 MINS

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Building ByteDance, the Company Behind TikTok

Zhang Yiming, the founder of ByteDance, built the AI that’s now the brains behind TikTok with a Chinese news app called TouTiao.

Building ByteDance, the Company Behind TikTok

Foundering

5 MINS

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Why TikTok’s Recommendations Are Better than Netflix

Reply All’s Anna Foley tries to answer a question that’s been bothering her for a long time: Why is TikTok’s algorithm so good at knowing what she wants to watch?

Why TikTok’s Recommendations Are Better than Netflix

Reply All

7 MINS

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Why Microsoft & Oracle Want TikTok

Ben Thompson lays out the situation with Microsoft and Oracle wanting to buy TikTok–not just for the company, but more importantly, for its algorithms.

Recode Media with Peter Kafka

8 MINS

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What is It Like to Live in a TikTok House?

Professor Barrett Swanson discusses his investigative piece for Harpers on influencers, who range in age from pre-teens to college, who live in TikTok mansions together.

What is It Like to Live in a TikTok House?

The Culture Journalist

5 MINS

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Mental Health Issues with TikTok Influencers

TikTok influencers are making careers out of their personalities, but the burnout is real.

Mental Health Issues with TikTok Influencers

Recode Daily

5 MINS

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Curated bySilence Nogood

6 CLIPS34 MINS

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Building TikTok

Starting Up TikTok’s Predecessor, Musical.ly

Greymatter

Building ByteDance, the Company Behind TikTok

Foundering

Why TikTok’s Recommendations Are Better than Netflix

Reply All

Why Microsoft & Oracle Want TikTok

Recode Media with Peter Kafka

What is It Like to Live in a TikTok House?

The Culture Journalist

Mental Health Issues with TikTok Influencers

Recode Daily

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