TikTok Has Turned Into QVC and I Hate It
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2023
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TikTok has seen a massive expansion into ecommerce, but will this alienate their user base? - Розваги
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TikTok is pointless
I have quit all social media minus UA-cam (with Premium) and all other subscriptions minus Spotify. I mainly read books or play games on my switch where I’m not being bombarded with ads … so I’m back to being a 4th grader essentially. We’ve gone full circle everybody
Literally 100% same. UA-cam and Spotify are the only subscriptions I use, instagram being the only form of social media I sporadically participate in, usually only to chat with online friends
the only social medias i personally use is yt, soundcloud, discord & occasionally tumblr. ive been starting to do more things irl too because of all this stuff going on in the interwebs
Not to be an old fart, but I miss when there was no expectation of being constantly marketed to online.
I'm still young and EXHAUSTED by constantly being advertised to all the time. Can't anything exist for its own sake anymore????
@@Kay-kg6ny not since websites consolidated into platforms and running those became very expensive, no
@@AlexHiderI hate how advertising has gone so bad on the internet over the years
Same! Or pushed in this-or-that direction by an algorithm.
adjacent to this is the oversaturation of sponsored posts and reviews, unbiased reviews of things such as makeup, for example, has suddenly become the minority and its now impossible to really gadge how reliable and good a product is because everyone is getting paid to say its good, its exhausting
Yeah it’s really unfortunate… even on Reddit, which I used to use to at least find honest reviews (if not good ones) feels so astroturfed and commercialized. Not to mention Twitter basically being overrun by blue check marks who just say any old shit or promote some scam and get boosted to the top no matter how much I tell the algorithm I don’t like it
The internet sucks now lol, at least UA-cam is still alright
I feel like this method is just another way for TikTok to not pay people. Also a HUGE red flag is when a company sends something to a creator for free but demands that they make a video on it. Never EVER accept deals like that because that could lead to both you and your viewers getting scammed.
For some context, being a chinese company, tik tok likely has aspirations for their app to be like we chat in China, which is essentially a super app that contains literally every service under the sun (food delivery, search engine, social media, air bnb, uber). I don't know wether the American social media culture to take to it as Bytedance would like though. We seem to like some sort of clear boundaries to separate our app experiences.
I was wondering why I wasn't enjoying tik tok as much before I realized I'm getting nothing but ads. They're literally driving me off the platform.
Congratulations on your sponsorship! You deserve it. I don't have a personal opinion on this subject because I don't really use TikTok. My most recent interaction there was with a "content creator" who posted one of my entire UA-cam videos on his TikTok account. I found out from one of my viewers. And this is not the first time that has happened. So, I really hate it over there.
Thank you! I’m sorry that happened. That sucks ):
The first 40 seconds of the video laid the groundwork for a gripping impassioned critique on oversaturation of advertising in social media... and then queue the Surf Shark VPN sales pitch. 😉
Capitalism
We all hate it but we have to participate!
oh yay
Lmfaooooo I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that noticed
At least it allows us more anonymity/safety in our browsing/shopping
At this point, to do UA-cam as a job most people need to have paid sponsors. Unless you're paying other people's bills, let people recommend unnecessary but not harmful things for ads.
To clarify, I have no protests against people using ads and paid sponsorship in their videos. I just think in this case, on this topic, any argument Robert makes is weakened by jumping into a sponsored sales pitch before the first minute. It's not unlike early 2000s Al Gore pontificating about climate while having a giant sized carbon foot print due to his personal life style. It should also be said that I really enjoy Robert's content, but sometimes I am in disagreement with some of his messaging.
over-advertising on a platform will surely kill it, but I doubt any publicly-traded media companies will ever have the long-term strategy to proactively limit it
The extreme short-termism being preached at business schools is imo damaging most sectors right now. Companies would chew their own feet off to avoid buying new shoes.
@@benhillman8384 exactly
Deadass I never scroll tiktok anymore bc I'm sick of constantly being sold shit. If I want to be sold to, I'll go to the mall and walk bast the hair straightener kiosk
EXCUSE ME MISS. HELLO MISS, DO YOU STRAIGHTEN YOUR HAIR?
You're also saving your attention span as well by leaving tiktok lol
I live in one of rare EU countries where we don’t have tiktok ads. Feeling blessed and hoping to last!
You probably know the enshittification cycle that Cory Doctorow laid out in one of his essays on social media companies. First, you serve the audience, selling yourself way below market value, then you serve the advertisers, then you pull the rug out from both to claw back all the revenue for yourself, then your service dies, leaving behind a dead share of the market and a few billionaires. This is unsustainable.
Similar thing has happened to Poshmark-- they are pushing the option for "live auctions" hosted by sellers, same concept as you mention in this video
Oof that feels even worse… “Hi everyone! Please check out my used clothes! This neck is so v-shaped and the fabric is very wooly!”
The secondhand market is super important for sustainability, the circular economy, and the democratization of luxury goods, but this QVC format just doesn’t feel like the right fit…
"The market just isn't there yet. General consumer awareness and adoption are still low and nascent."
I think that misses the mark entirely. The US's general attitude towards infomercials is widely negative as we've experienced it for decades through cable TV. If anything, our consumer awareness is high and strict. Successfully implementing shopping into TikTok will require more than just an attitude change towards sponsored content, though. It also requires a wider adoption of "everything" apps, such as WeChat in China, and more recently, Douyin itself.
Thank you for making a video on this! I thought I was losing it. It's literally become QVC with all of the livestreams of people advertising and selling cheaply made overpriced products. One of the people on the lives said it that TikTok has become the new QVC, which is ridiculous.
The US has no issue with monopolies. They're ONLY concerned with TikTok being owned by a Chinese company. I'm surprised how quickly Chinese soft power has become so prolific in the US which to me signals a decline in Americas power overseas. NGL I kinda love to see it 😂
I don't think things will be better with China. The can be even more shameless
I hope you are outside of the US saying this
Dang, I gotta find middle ground. The US is too capitalist, allows monopolies, and is exploitative, while China (CCP) is authoritarian, has mass censorship, and is exploitative.
Where can I find the balance?
Hi as someone from Malaysia, tiktok shop is everywhere on my fyp especially after i searched about skincare and that corsx products always shows on my fyp.
What i get from these people dealing with tiktok shop, they cannot say certain brands on live or other medias, if they do their account will get banned. And a few months ago, a tiktok live said they need to speak every minute if not they will get in trouble with the company or they need to show the products clearly
Other thing that i cannot understand is how they make profit when they give a lot of sales and different prices depends on what time the customer purchased. There are times i saw the product cost RM 20+ and some got rm 5. I bought a dress originally price of RM 150+ but i got only RM 70 just because tiktok gave the sale. Tiktok is so weird for business
I no longer call it social media it is marketing media
The amount of money that exchanges hands through social media is astounding. Pledge to never buy anything from any social media ad.
E-commerce in general is such a destructive thing in general, it profuces so much more waste than in person shopping, causing higher emissions on top. Blitzscaling means we have huge businesses that have no way of being commercially viable, monopolying an industry and then increasing prices. It ruins local businesses and local economies. Leading to more people on minimum wage jobs in huge multinational companies that lobby to keep wages low. Governments lose tax revenue and society becomes ever more isolated causing anxiety and depression to rise. I understand that it is useful, but you can't escape from the reality of happens due to it.
I was just talking to my sisters about this and how tiktok turned into "live" ads. I would be on it and almost ever time i scroll it would be a pattern of regular video and then an ad, i got really annoyed. Also they moved the left swip from ur following content to shop and then the following content
you are always so articulate. i'd listen to you discuss at length even though i have no idea on what the concept even is such as this one. fantastic job.
The issue with all modern media is the every incestent profit motive where money comes above user experience
Tiktok shop is greatly expanding in SE Asia. There are talks about its exponential growth and potential to become one of the market leaders in e-commerce. That said, i think they’re only booming because they offer outrageous sales, cashbacks, and free deliveries over here. I’m not sure the customer base will still be there once they stop with the “promotional” stage
Speaking of tiktok on youtube it has been harder us smaller youtubers to get our videos in the algorithem shorts help a little but it dosent translate in subs and viewers i havent gotten any subs in quite a while and its harder for me and other smaller youtubers to get subs and views because of the algorithm. i dont use tiktok nor i have installed it im hopeing it gets banned actually.
Tik Tok is inherently sub par content for humans with no attention span, its like keys for a baby !
huh this is the same thing that drove me away from insta
This video is 9 months old and somehow its significantly worse. Tiktok shop is out of control. EVERY video is an ad for dropshipped garbage.
Omg TikTok shop is so popular in my country
Tiktok keeps giving me makeup, skincare and flavoured toothpaste ads
I have trusted makeup since im allergic to a chemical they use in some products which can also be found in most glitters, i dont buy into skincare bs cause i follow dermatologists on here and what works for the issues i have with my skin and the only flavoured toothpaste i want that isnt mint or spearmint isn't chocolate flavoured, if you brush your teeth with velvet cake flavoured toothpaste then something is wrong with you istg, use bubblegum or strawberry, something refreshing
If my mouth is feeling sensitive then use kids spiderman bubblegum flavoured toothpaste
What will happen is that people will stop using TikTok. They’ll get bored, and move on to another ap.
Videos like these make me glad I never downloaded tiktok in the first place lol
Robert for the love of god add subtitles to your videos
Pro tip: delete Tik Tok and your life will get 100% better.
Maybe just don’t use Tik Tok
i hate watching a video by a new creator that looks interesting where they are talking about something intriguing and then all of a sudden they say "go to my tiktok shop!" 😐like great now i dont trust you
im so glad i deleted my TikTok a while ago and have been able to stay off of it 😭 it seems like it's really tryna suck people in and get them addicted even more 😬
i'm just tired of being advertised to in every single bit of content watched regardless of the platform (hope you see the irony of putting a lengthy ad read at the beginning of a video essentially complaining about advertisement's being shoved down people's throats)
Lol, lol the level of indoctrination is so funny…he complains about TikTok and his channel does the same! Wake up people! You don’t need Robert to tell you how it is nor you need to pay him for it! Reverse psychology is real!
Tiktok just sounds like a nightmare to me. Goodluck kids
reason #2837 to why i never have and never will download tiktok or go to their website
(i will say i have looked at their website a couple times, but just to find a specific video (i didnt find it, it was a vine not a tiktok))
good video
HERE EARLY!!! 😃
bees
Bye-bye
How can the government break them up? They only break up monopolies not budinesses expanding. Just get off the app
That's your problem you're on tiktok