If you’re under 30 (or happen to live with someone under 30), TikTok seems inescapable, with the For You Page holding the American psyche in an iron grip despite efforts to outright ban the app. Somewhat interestingly, however, TikTok is actually an international offshoot of an otherwise identical Chinese app called Douyin (onomatopoeia for shaking), with the only functional difference being that they’re walled off from each other. — Read the rest
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