As TikTok influencers begin selling products, misleading videos pushing knockoff goods could be the next big headache for e-commerce companies.
  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzEnglish
    782·
    1 year ago

    The older I get the more I tend towards blaming the people being scammed for being stupid enough to be scammed.

    $35 Apple watch, really?? You thought that was real?? Well boy do I have an exiled African prince to introduce you to!

  • beefpeach@infosec.pub
    English
    30·
    1 year ago

    I believe Tik-Tok just shows off the stupidity of humans as a race.

    People will do anything for likes or money, like they are a bunch of uncivilized monkeys in the jungle.

    • simonced@lemmy.oneEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      The tiktokers are not to blame, the people following them is. If audience were not so dumb, tiktokers would not be a thing to begin with.

      Though, the output is the same, it shows off the stupidity of humans as a race.

        • wsweg@lemmy.worldEnglish
          81·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, some of the funniest screenshots I’ve ever seen have been 4chan green texts. Still doesn’t mean I want to wade through the oceans of shit, lol.

          I feel like TikTok is definitely better content-wise because it caters to each individual and a lot more people use it (not just sweaty basement dwellers). I don’t use it because it’s designed to be so addicting.

      • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        They were speaking specifically about the shop.

        Aside from that, there are very legitimate reasons not to use TikTok, most notably because it’s owned by a Chinese company, and all Chinese companies are owned by the CCP. Its been proven time and time again to be full of spyware.

        And aside from all of that, every time I watch a video on there I’m left thinking “what the fuck did I just watch, and why does it have 50M views?”.

        Also vertical videos are ass. And now they even have side by side vertical reaction videos which are like 3x ass.

        So yeah, there’s no shortage of reasons to avoid TikTok.

        • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          17·
          1 year ago

          Right, China Knowing my viewing habits is the end of the world. They will also radicalize me. Old man is too cool for the content.

          You know what shows up on my feed? Cars, CNN, ABC movie clips, and cooking. The same exact shit I get on Reddit, Instagram, and my RSS before it died. If you have actually used Tiktok for more then 5 minutes and that’s all you see, then that’s on you. The algorithm is quite spot on for every user I know.

          • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
            6·
            1 year ago

            China Knowing my viewing habits is the end of the world.

            China knowing your personal viewing habits is inconsequential. China having a database of the viewing habits of billions of users around the world, and injecting propaganda to manipulate the general populace is a completely different story. In case you haven’t heard, the world is being run by disinformation. When you use TikTok, you contribute to that.

            If you have actually used Tiktok for more then 5 minutes and that’s all you see, then that’s on you.

            If someone starts sticking their finger up your ass, how long should you endure that before you decide you don’t like it? And why?

      • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        There ARE good people making good content that use the platform. A lot of people are on the platform, so there’s an argument to be made about reaching people with your work and message

        But that also means we should continue to highlight issues so that we can fix them / build something better

          • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldEnglish
            310·
            1 year ago

            No. You all just call anything you disagree with trolling. You think that millions of millions of people are using tiktok as a fancy qvc selling channel?

            There is a ton of fantastic content unless you have a fedora shoved up your ass.

            But yeah, I’m trolling and the community doesn’t just blindly repeat tIKtOK bad over ad-nausium.

            • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
              4·
              1 year ago

              I’m trolling and the community doesn’t just blindly repeat tIKtOK bad over ad-nausium.

              I agreed with you? read my comment again

              The trolling comment was about your commenting history, which looks a lot like downvote trolling. If you’re trying to make a point in those threads, you aren’t doing it effectively.

              • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldEnglish
                14·
                1 year ago

                I couldn’t care less about changing extremism views here. I’m just stating my option which is not welcome in these communities.

                • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
                  3·
                  1 year ago

                  I disagree with people quite often, and it’s usually well received / welcome in all communities I’ve commented in

                  For example, above

  • zerbey@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    1 year ago

    OK I refuse to read the article because it’s behind a paywall, but I can tell you it’s 100% fake. As for TikTok, people tell me constantly “oh you just have to watch it for a while so it tailors to your interests”. No, fuck that.

  • darmabum@lemm.eeEnglish
    111·
    1 year ago

    Oh great, just what I want! Another projectile vomit stream of advertising. And not just “real” advertising (quick, load another blocker), but a platform where everyone is financially encouraged to scam everyone. What could go wrong?

    Thankfully, advertising is apparently against Lemmy’s ToS (although I’ve never seen that specifically stated). When I see a post that is directly selling something, I immediately report it. Fuck TikTok and the rest of those greedy slimeballs.

    • PupBiru@kbin.social
      8·
      1 year ago

      lemmy doesn’t really have a TOS afaik (and even if the software had something in its license, it’s the fediverse: people can interact with you on lemmy without using lemmy!). your instance might, but other instances might have totally different rules… there’s nothing stopping a just-ads-lemmy.com instance, other than it’d probably get defederated pretty quick

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    TikTok said in September that it had over 100,000 registered creators sharing products via its Shop affiliate program where it pays out a commission to influencers for sales generated via their videos.

    “Obviously TikTok has to answer to some of this if they’ve got counterfeiters selling on their site or their app, but as far as I can tell from the ads and the options, they appear to be the legitimate thing,” he told Insider a few days after his video took off.

    The TikTok Shop listings for many of the items don’t explicitly claim to be from Lululemon, with some merchants describing the bag as a “Lululimonn,” “Lululemoon,” or “Lololemons” accessory.

    As large tech platforms like TikTok, YouTube, and Pinterest as well as a flurry of startups try to push social shopping into the mainstream in the US, policing influencer content could pose a major challenge.

    Influencers are poised to become a bigger part of the online shopping experience as traditional e-commerce platforms like Amazon introduce their own TikTok-style video feeds.

    Amazon recently co-launched a program alongside brands including Glassdoor, Expedia Group, and Tripadvisor to crack down on fake reviews and elevate trustworthy user content.

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