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innominateuniverse t1_irzrpo9 wrote

What a truly messed up place our world is 😣

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esperind t1_is19i77 wrote

In a sense, isn't this what all of social media has become? Twitch, OnlyFans, etc. Everyone is begging while the platforms profit.

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StressBall681 t1_irzszgv wrote

Allowing content that manipulates people into donating to the destitute and then keeping 70% of the profits made? I'm glad I don't use TikTok and don't support it in any way.

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Bloody_Conspiracies t1_is0212w wrote

They don't allow it.

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SardonicNihilist t1_is03e62 wrote

Well, looking past the PR spin, technically they do.

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Bloody_Conspiracies t1_is04bvc wrote

How can you be on the technology subreddit and still not understand that social media companies can't proactively moderate content? Report the streams and they'll be taken down, children aren't allowed on the platform, neither is begging. The article says this.

As for taking a cut of donations, that's standard practice too. Whether you're asking for money on TikTok, YouTube or Twitch, a cut will always be taken.

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SardonicNihilist t1_is3weri wrote

I guess I take issue with the cash redemption aspect of it. As far as I know I can't give you a reddit award - like the ones that make a special icon appear next to your name - and then you can redeem that from Reddit for cash (and lose the icon). From my reading of the article it looks like that what TikTock allows, which seems downright predatory, like an exorbitantly priced money transfer service with extra steps.

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Congo_King t1_is0r8un wrote

Another day another r/technology post on why Tiktok is the bane of the human experience

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Des-Troy85 t1_is0u2az wrote

You see the angle of their attack yet? This all actually makes me like tik tok more, the status quo who currently controls most of our media hates tiktok. let me see what that’s about.

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Grig134 t1_is0z0qi wrote

GoFundMe's entire business model.

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SardonicNihilist t1_is03k3k wrote

It's really no different to fast food chains or other retail outlets having promotions where they say 'for every x product sold we will donate $y to charity'.

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Des-Troy85 t1_is0twok wrote

Wait till they see what the other social media giants are profiting from.

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autotldr t1_is26nwg wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)

> The middlemen said they worked with agencies affiliated to TikTok in China and the Middle East, who gave the families access to TikTok accounts.

> TikTok middlemen would take 35% of the remainder, leaving a refugee family with just $19. Hamid, one of the TikTok middlemen in the camps, told the BBC he had sold his livestock to pay for a mobile phone, SIM card and wi-fi connection to work with families on TikTok.

> BBC News investigates a new trend on TikTok - hundreds of families in refugee camps in Syria, begging for gifts on TikTok livestreams.

Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: TikTok^#1 family^#2 gift^#3 BBC^#4 Livestream^#5

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autotldr t1_is26plz wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)

> The middlemen said they worked with agencies affiliated to TikTok in China and the Middle East, who gave the families access to TikTok accounts.

> TikTok middlemen would take 35% of the remainder, leaving a refugee family with just $19. Hamid, one of the TikTok middlemen in the camps, told the BBC he had sold his livestock to pay for a mobile phone, SIM card and wi-fi connection to work with families on TikTok.

> BBC News investigates a new trend on TikTok - hundreds of families in refugee camps in Syria, begging for gifts on TikTok livestreams.

Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: TikTok^#1 family^#2 gift^#3 BBC^#4 Livestream^#5

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