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  2. TikTok - Wikipedia

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    TikTok, whose mainland Chinese counterpart is Douyin, is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance.It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from three seconds to 10 minutes.

  3. How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential ...

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    Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged with its competitor Musical.ly, TikTok has grown from a niche teen app into a global trendsetter. While, of course, also emerging as a ...

  4. Hei-tiki - Wikipedia

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    Hei-tiki. The hei-tiki ( / heɪˈtɪki /) [1] is an ornamental pendant of the Māori of New Zealand. Hei-tiki are usually made of pounamu ( greenstone ), and are considered a taonga (treasure) by Māori. They are commonly called tiki by New Zealanders, a term that originally refers to the first mortal. (The word hei in Māori can mean "to wear ...

  5. Tiki culture - Wikipedia

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    United States. Tiki culture is an American-originated art, music, and entertainment movement inspired by Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian cultures, and by Oceanian art. Influential cultures to Tiki culture include Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, the Caribbean Islands, and Hawaii. The name comes from Tiki, the Māori name ...

  6. Explainer-What is so special about TikTok's technology

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    A study, which researchers from the U.S. and Germany published last month, found TikTok's algorithm "exploits the user interests in 30% to 50% of the recommendation videos" after examining data ...

  7. Smaller social platforms are adding TikTok-like features as ...

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    TikTok generates about $16 billion in annual revenue whereas LTK makes “hundreds of millions,” according to a company spokesperson. The fact is that most people have never even heard of LTK ...

  8. TikTok Dabloons - Wikipedia

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    TikTok Dabloons or TikTok Doubloons are a fictional currency and internet trend on TikTok which started circulating around the social platform in November 2022. The "currency" circulates around the app using photo slideshows containing a cat offering it to the user, as well as cat "merchants" selling fictional food, housing, clothing, etc., which can be bought using the currency using an ...

  9. Instagram and Twitch roll out new TikTok-like short-form ...

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    Georgijevic. Instagram and Twitch rolled out new features this week that would boost short-form video content in ways reminiscent of TikTok’s discovery algorithm. The changes come as TikTok ...