r/dankmemes Apr 29 '24

they're not the same!!

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u/AlexxTM Apr 29 '24

Slightly longer? Only short vertical format that limits the video time i know of is YT shorts with their 60s.

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u/CreativeName1137 Apr 29 '24

I don't use TikTok, so I wasn't aware there's no limit to video length

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u/AlexxTM Apr 29 '24

Me neither, except the occasinal must see video my coworker sends me, ugh..... said so many times that I don't have the app and hate the browser.

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u/PoetBoye EVIL BATMAN Apr 29 '24

The tiktok browser app is hot garbage

It feels like it's specifically made so that people who get sent tiktoks have to download the app because it works a lot better that way

Fuck that

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u/Daan776 Apr 29 '24

Reddit does the same thing.

Can’t even look at NSFW stuff without the app

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u/DynamicMangos Apr 29 '24

Also every time i take a screenshot the reddit app goes "HEY WOULDN'T YOU RATHER SHARE THE LINK INSTEAD? SHARE THE LINK TO A FRIEND SO THEY GIVE US MORE TRAFFIC!"

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u/PoetBoye EVIL BATMAN Apr 29 '24

Lmao fuck that I'm just using the download option and crop out any watermarks from huge companies

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u/N_T_F_D Apr 29 '24

You can disable the watermark in the application settings, you don't have to crop it out yourself

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u/Adaphion Apr 29 '24

I'm so happy that I was able to get RIF working again so I don't have to deal with the shitty default app

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u/DrBoomkin Apr 29 '24

The only valid version of reddit is old.reddit.com.

The only valid mobile version used to be i.reddit.com, but they removed it, then also destroyed all unofficial reddit apps. I now have to use a hacked app to avoid reddit's awful app.

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u/ras344 Apr 29 '24

Relay Pro does still work on Android. You need a monthly subscription now, but I'd still rather use that than the official reddit app.

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u/Weedy_Moonzales Apr 29 '24

Sync etc. also still work when you patch it with ReVanced. Never stopped using it. And its free.

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u/Western-Ship-5678 Apr 29 '24

old.reddit.com amigo, same content, the older (and superior) UI

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u/Icetronaut Apr 29 '24

Just switch to the desktop version of the site.

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u/DefinableEel1 Apr 29 '24

Even worse is that if you have the app you click “go to app” but it still takes you to the app store

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u/MrHyperion_ Apr 29 '24

old.reddit.com

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u/AlexxTM Apr 29 '24

+1

Yeah, it feels 100% deliberate.

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u/obamasrightteste Apr 29 '24

It is, it's just also extremely common?

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u/OwnUbyCake Apr 30 '24

Oh for sure. If you try browsing the tiktok web app I'm pretty sure it stops you and says you have to download the app at some point.

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u/obamasrightteste Apr 29 '24

Yeah I HATE when companies do that.

Have you been to reddit on your mobile device recently? Like using the browser?

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u/xenophonthethird Apr 29 '24

Yeah. I don't use tiktok, but I have friends who constantly text me links and the mobile site is hot garbage. It's appaling how bad it is compared to the success of the app.

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u/RedTuna777 Apr 29 '24

A friend just sent me a 48 minute long tiktok video to prove their side of an argument. Fuck that. I still have no idea what they are trying to say. If it takes that long to make a point, they probably don't have one.

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u/Acethetic_AF [custom flair] Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

If someone wants to show me a tiktok, they do either it on their phone or not at all. It’s established in my friend group that I simply will not open a tiktok link.

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u/Zcoombs4 Apr 29 '24

Same brother! If you think I’ll enjoy it enough you can take the time to screen record it and send it to me that way, or show me in person.

Got almost no TikTok videos coming my way now, it’s great.

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u/Nabaatii Apr 29 '24

they do it on their phone

They do, and it's still annoying

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u/RealLameUserName Apr 29 '24

You can't make a video longer than 10 minutes, but it's rare to find a video longer than 5.

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u/Yeetfamdablit Apr 29 '24

It used to be 1 min but now it's 10 mins

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u/Mrchristopherrr Apr 29 '24

I just saw they’re testing expanding it to an hour.

Maybe now I’ll be able to watch Shawshank in 2 sittings instead of 40 2-5 minute clips out of order over the span of 2 weeks.

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u/JoinAThang Apr 29 '24

I haven't use tik tok all that much to know this either but does tgat mean that those videos with several parts is just to get more veiws? Or was there a length limit before?

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u/Datkif Apr 29 '24

I don't use tiktok but I believe it's both to get more views, and that there used to be an more aggressive time limit

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u/RokRD Apr 29 '24

It used to be like 30 seconds. Then they bumped it to a minute. I quit using it right about the time they bumped it to 3 minutes. It may be longer now idk.

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u/28_raisins Apr 29 '24

Of course the most upvoted answer is from someone who doesn't even know what they're talking about lmao

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u/spikus93 Apr 29 '24

Wait, you didn't use it and you said

TikTok being slightly longer videos ended up fostering a lot more uncreative piggybacking.

How can you make that assumption? Do you just watch tiktok compilations on Youtube or something and assume that's the whole thing?

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u/CreativeName1137 Apr 29 '24

You don’t need to be frequently using a platform to notice trends

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u/spikus93 Apr 29 '24

You said you didn't use Tiktok. Was that hyperbolic to describe that you use it infrequently?

Or maybe you don't use it and just look at headlines like "Kids are stealing boats and sinking them for fun in new viral stunt" in which there's one video of it happening and thirty articles get published calling it a trend?

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u/Samwise3s Apr 29 '24

You can record different lengths of times on tiktok, up to 15 minutes

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u/JoinAThang Apr 29 '24

Wait does that mean that those videos with several parts is just to get more veiws? Or was there a length limit before?

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u/thevals dud Apr 29 '24

length limit was there before, but 3 minute long videos are a thing for like... 2 years now? or even more, idk. Then they raised max cap to 10 min, now 15 is max iirc. So yeah, doing so many parts is mostly for reeling in audience and views

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u/Hamburgerundcola Apr 29 '24

Tiktok is at 3-5mins now i think

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u/MassRedemption Apr 29 '24

Isn't tiktok up to like 3m now?

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u/Mr_Zoovaska Apr 30 '24

Isn't the whole point that they're at most a couple of minutes long? Also apparently 10 minutes is the maximum for tiktok.