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|imagecaption = Make every second count. | |imagecaption = Make every second count. | ||
|maker = ByteDance | |maker = ByteDance | ||
|registered in = September 2016<br> August 2, 2018 (worldwide) | |registered in = September 2016<br>August 2, 2018 (worldwide) | ||
|type = Video sharing website | |type = Video sharing website | ||
|written in = Java, Swift, Python | |written in = Java, Swift, Python | ||
|status = Online | |status = Online | ||
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'''[[wikipedia:TikTok|TikTok]]''' is a video-sharing platform | '''[[wikipedia:TikTok|TikTok]]''' is a video-sharing platform originally founded by [[wikipedia:ByteDance|ByteDance]] in September 2016.<ref name="Dexerto">Smith, G. (2021, May 8). [https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/the-history-of-tiktok-1569106/ "The history of TikTok: From musical.ly to the number 1 app in the world."] Dexerto. Retrieved December 18, 2021.</ref><ref name="dotla">Blake, S., & Abdollah, T. (2021, April 8). [https://dot.la/a-tiktok-timeline-the-rise-and-pause-of-a-social-video-giant-2647649026.html "A TikTok timeline: The rise and pause of a social video giant"]. dot.LA. Retrieved December 18, 2021.</ref><ref name="BBC">Tidy J., & Galer, S. S. (2020, August 5). [https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53640724 "Tiktok: The story of a social media giant"]. BBC News. Retrieved December 18, 2021.</ref> The platform specializes in short videos uploaded by registered users. which can be less than three minutes in length. The platform is an international counterpart of Douyin, which is operated by the same company. On November 9, 2017, ByteDance acquired [[wikipedia:Musical.ly|Musical.ly]]<ref name="dotla" />, which then merged into TikTok in August 2nd, 2018<ref name="Dexerto" /><ref name="BBC" />. Since then, the platform has garnered over a billion registered users. TikTok has also become known for hosting [[screamers]], as well as [[shock videos]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:1092.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[1092paradise.com]].]] | [[File:1092.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[1092paradise.com]].]] | ||
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The earliest TikTok screamer was [[TW-Jumpscare]], a video that depicts a girl doing a worm before noticing a huge thud from downstairs and someone knocking on her backroom door. Right after, the girl quickly headbutts the screen with a scream from the survival horror game franchise ''[[wikipedia:Five Nights at Freddy's|Five Nights at Freddy's]]''. This screamer is similar to [[Impossible Backflip]]. On May 19, 2020, a video without a caption or name was uploaded to TikTok by Russian user artem_mokrushin. The video depicts a woman sitting on the mattress and a man turning off the light before she finds a figure during which the light is turned off. After being asked to do so, the man turns on and off the light two times, at which point the figure appears and quickly approaches the screen. The video had received over 20 million views until a Twitter user, BenjaminBell, tweeted the video with the caption "2020 in One TikTok". It has since become known to be called by that name.<ref><nowiki>https://twitter.com/benjaminbell/status/1319111344843558912?lang=en</nowiki></ref> | The earliest TikTok screamer was [[TW-Jumpscare]], a video that depicts a girl doing a worm before noticing a huge thud from downstairs and someone knocking on her backroom door. Right after, the girl quickly headbutts the screen with a scream from the survival horror game franchise ''[[wikipedia:Five Nights at Freddy's|Five Nights at Freddy's]]''. This screamer is similar to [[Impossible Backflip]]. On May 19, 2020, a video without a caption or name was uploaded to TikTok by Russian user artem_mokrushin. The video depicts a woman sitting on the mattress and a man turning off the light before she finds a figure during which the light is turned off. After being asked to do so, the man turns on and off the light two times, at which point the figure appears and quickly approaches the screen. The video had received over 20 million views until a Twitter user, BenjaminBell, tweeted the video with the caption "2020 in One TikTok". It has since become known to be called by that name.<ref><nowiki>https://twitter.com/benjaminbell/status/1319111344843558912?lang=en</nowiki></ref> | ||
The [[Kekma.net]] [[website]] began to rise from July to September 2020, with many videos about it reaching over a thousand views. However, the shock site has led TikTok to blacklist the term, meaning the | The [[Kekma.net]] [[website]] began to rise from July to September 2020, with many videos about it reaching over a thousand views. However, the shock site has led TikTok to blacklist the term, meaning the latter will lead to no results when searched. In September 2020, TikTok was criticized for having a video of [[Suicide of Ronnie McNutt|Ronnie McNutt's suicide]] appeared on "For You" feed. Forbes also stated that some disguised "as clips of cute animals." During December 2020, the Instagram account [[mr.lilcarti]] uploaded a [[shock video]], possibly taken from [[Hoodsite]], depicting a 5-year-old boy named Hozefa Shaikh<ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/five-year-old-boy-crushed-to-death-in-lift-in-dharavi-7072309/ "Five-year-old boy crushed to death in a lift in Dharavi. The Indian Express"]. (2020, November 29). Retrieved December 18, 2021.</ref> being accidentally trapped and crushed by the elevator. The moment the video from the account was popularized, it was shortly deleted after many reported deleting the account and its video. On December 20, 2020, TikTok user Aria Cyrus created and advertised<ref><nowiki>https://www.tiktok.com/@ariacyrus/video/6908063308243389698</nowiki></ref> her website, [[1092paradise.com]]. | ||
In June 2021, user Mayengg03 uploaded a [[shock video]] which began with a clip of a girl dancing to the song | In June 2021, user Mayengg03 uploaded a [[shock video]] which began with a clip of a girl dancing to the song ''Dick'' by Starboy3 before cutting to footage of a young man being beheaded. The video was titled "[[Duck Pack 51|Duckpack51]]", after the blog where the video originated from. | ||
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