TikTok wants to turn millions of Americans into paid shopping influencers
Well, TikTok found a different way.
Hank Green • The Radical Egalitarianism of TikTok's Creator Fund Matters
When she was laid off from her role at a fintech startup in the pandemic panic of early 2020, Paris doubled down on driving traffic to her DePop store to make money. She saw TikTok as an untapped fount of opportunity, and made creating videos for it her full-time job. She posted dozens of times a day, drawing viewers in with her stream-of-conscious... See more
Elizabeth de Luna • The business of being Victoria Paris
Right now, on TikTok, if you aren’t following someone, a little red + appears overlapping their icon. To follow them, you click that +, and when you do, it disappears. What if, instead, it were replaced by a TikTok Coin icon. Maybe every user gets 7 of these to doll out per week. And, of course, once you’ve used them all, it grays itself out, and, ... See more
Hank Green • Letting Users Decide Who Gets Paid
Earlier this year, Wei, known as Viya, used Taobao to sell a commercial rocket for 40 million yuan, or $5.6 million. The hashtag #WeiYaSellsARocket went viral on the Chinese social platform Weibo after the incredible feat.