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.
but they really are
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.
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!
paywall,fuck u
Activating Reader Mode on Firefox appears to bypass it, lol.
I’m not going to lie, I like the widget UI in that photo.
Working link: https://archive.is/hW7pT
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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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.
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
