SardonicNihilist t1_is03e62 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 9:53 AM

Reply to comment by Bloody_Conspiracies in TikTok profits from livestreams of families begging by Jaamac2025

Well, looking past the PR spin, technically they do.

Bloody_Conspiracies t1_is04bvc wrote on October 12, 2022 at 10:06 AM

How can you be on the technology subreddit and still not understand that social media companies can't proactively moderate content? Report the streams and they'll be taken down, children aren't allowed on the platform, neither is begging. The article says this.

As for taking a cut of donations, that's standard practice too. Whether you're asking for money on TikTok, YouTube or Twitch, a cut will always be taken.

SardonicNihilist t1_is3weri wrote on October 13, 2022 at 2:45 AM

I guess I take issue with the cash redemption aspect of it. As far as I know I can't give you a reddit award - like the ones that make a special icon appear next to your name - and then you can redeem that from Reddit for cash (and lose the icon). From my reading of the article it looks like that what TikTock allows, which seems downright predatory, like an exorbitantly priced money transfer service with extra steps.