Making a TikTok clone is a fool’s errand, even big companies like Reddit have utterly failed at it, despite having millions of users and large development teams.
I actually worked on Reddit’s TikTok clone for a short period of time, and the biggest problem that Reddit couldn’t solve was that you need extreme amounts of content and advanced user analytics so that the app is able to serve the right content to the right audience. TikTok’s UI is extremely simple, you just swipe up to play the next video, so if you don’t have a big base of good content the feed will be boring and if you don’t analyze user data extensively the feeds will not be personalized enough for each user.
Nostr especially isn’t suited for this type of content, as people on it are generally privacy conscious and don’t want to be tracked, but without tracking the entire concept of the app doesn’t make sense.
And I’m not even getting into TikTok’s custom video player that only YouTube managed to parry, Instagram reels player is much worse despite billions in funding and years of development.
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Too be fair, if people are swiping on tiktok all the time, I don't imagine quality content. I imagine doom scrolling.
Reddit has the content for that.
It isn't suited for you.
She wants to build it, and is doing so in a way that will have an influence on all well-built other stuff going forward.
Those who can't, criticize. 🙄
Who gives a shit if you failed. Let
Others do what they want.
Making Twitter clone is same .. and Reddit .. and Instagram clone .. People are here for NEW protocol or for Zaps .. there is nothing new in clients ...
And on top of that, TikTok makes it so easy for creators with so many in-app video editing features. I loved making content on that platform, but stopped because of privacy concerns