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| | '''TikTok''' is a [[China]]-owned video messaging app (software for mobile devices) which has become the most visited site in the [[United States]], dethroning Google in 2021. TikTok has been accused of creating "political echo chambers," whereby one's political views are reinforced by a pre-selection of videos constantly fed to him based on his prior selections.<ref>https://harvardpolitics.com/tiktok-politics-algorithm/</ref> | | '''TikTok''' is a [[China]]-owned video messaging app (software for mobile devices) which has become the most visited site in the [[United States]], dethroning Google in 2021. TikTok has been accused of creating "political echo chambers," whereby one's political views are reinforced by a pre-selection of videos constantly fed to him based on his prior selections.<ref>https://harvardpolitics.com/tiktok-politics-algorithm/</ref> |
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| − | [[Social media]] [[monopoly|monopolists]] are perhaps the most opposed to TikTok, and have the most to lose from its competition. TikTok has pulled enormous traffic away from the [[Leftist]] [[Silicon Valley]] websites. | + | [[Social media]] [[monopoly|monopolists]] are perhaps the most opposed to TikTok, and have the most to lose from its competition. TikTok has pulled enormous traffic away from the [[Leftist]] [[Silicon Valley]] [[monopoly|mnopolies]]. |
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| | Here's the list of the top ten as of 2021:<ref>https://blog.cloudflare.com/popular-domains-year-in-review-2021/</ref> | | Here's the list of the top ten as of 2021:<ref>https://blog.cloudflare.com/popular-domains-year-in-review-2021/</ref> |
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| | Some of the videos on TikTok are pro-parent and also pro-family. Almost none of the videos promote the kind of [[liberal]] [[elitism]] preferred by political [[Leftists]]. The popular videos concerning relationships are virtually all [[heterosexual]] in message. | | Some of the videos on TikTok are pro-parent and also pro-family. Almost none of the videos promote the kind of [[liberal]] [[elitism]] preferred by political [[Leftists]]. The popular videos concerning relationships are virtually all [[heterosexual]] in message. |
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| | + | It's the wild west on TikTok, so no political impact can be intended (unlike [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]]. But a checklist of issues indicates an overall [[conservative]] impact by TikTok on its predominantly youthful voter demographic: |
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| | + | :pro-Establishment (no), pro-liberal-social-agenda (no), anti-homemaker (no), pro-authority (no), pro-parent (yes), pro-kids (yes), pro-drugs (no), pro-video-games (no), pro-young-voters-thinking-for-themselves (yes). |
| | == Marketing on TikTok == | | == Marketing on TikTok == |
| | TikTok is rapidly becoming a top site for marketing: | | TikTok is rapidly becoming a top site for marketing: |