Hello Darlings. I'll get right to the point, Tiktok has become unbearable and I'm leaving that platform. I have, for a very long time been dealing with suppression on that site, being hammered by an extremely bias AI, having my content taken down for being too sexy, even when it's just my voice. The algorithm has been wonky, and in the last months has been so unreliable gaining traction in any meaningful way has been a struggle, only to get hit by AI mods again and again (And I win 90% of appeals, but damage is already done).
Other things they did:
Take 60% of everything gifted on live, then make us complete missions to "earn" up to 13% more (nearly impossible unless you had a very big, dedicated fanbase.
Suppressed page growth if you had age protected sites/links Suppressed content and growth if you had payment links in bio Suppressed content and growth if you talked about off site shops or pointed out links in bio Threatened overreach ( if they didn't like your content on other platforms they could suppress, strike, or even ban your tiktok page) Plan to increase fan subscription to $9.99 whether or not the Creators wanted that, and took 50% of subscription income. (which was my final straw) Threatened freedom of speech and suppression of news. Allowed for a large range of harassments and hate speech but struck and banned pages and people that tried to hold them accountable.
I get that there is not 1 perfect plat form but what they are doing is beyond the pale and far beyond what I find acceptable. So as of September 12th I will no longer be on their site, sooner if they ban me.
I will be going to Twitch, Favorited for live streaming, Bluesky /Skylight for short form content.
I hope to see you all there.