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  • More thoughts on TikTok TED Talk

    One of the more interesting points that Shou Chew from TikTok expressed on the talk was about how the platform rewards those with talents.

    Initially, I thought this quite a lot of nonsense, especially because the kind of videos that get recommended to me for things like keyboards and the like, can actually be quite simple, and not very special. Or at least I struggle to see where the talent is.

    After some thinking through, I do think this is quite real. It does take quite a lot of video editing talent, to chop the videos up in an interesting enough way. I personally don’t have the skill or patience to edit videos in such a specific way. Most of my videos are as simple as possible, and made as quickly as I can. This follows the YouTube type of algorithm, where the consistency is key.

    But if TikTok does give value to the style of video editing, I think there really could be a lot done there. It does mean that I need to up my skills at video editing, and there’s a lot of work that goes in to listening to audio, or just finding the right amount of footage to make it work.

    I think that’s talent there, and maybe, just someday, I would have the talent to do the video editing that way. Maybe.

  • Tick Tock TikTok?

    Tick Tock TikTok?

    I just watched the TED Talk with the TikTok CEO, and it’s quite an interesting set of things he brings up. He talked about how the app actually scans your face as you use it. I mean I should have guessed it before, considering the filters that have been on for ages. But I guess it was quite surprising.

    But I think another thing that really struck me was the high focus on creativity he kept mentioning. The company mission stands as Inspiring Creativity, and Bringing Joy. I personally enjoy that idea, but for some reason I always end up thinking of the action of getting stuck on TikTok, over the actual creation of the videos behind it. It really makes me think that I ought to try, and make something interesting for TikTok, especially with the type of content that I do.

    I also think there’s a lot that I say here, or to people on stream, or just talk about, but it’s not publicised the same way that I do the rest of my content. It doesn’t get the same views and pull I guess.

    But nonetheless, still very inspired to try something new on, especially for TikTok. That’s really something else to work on.