TikTok a canteen, Instagram a café?

[ananditam (Anandita)]

“TikTok was a canteen; Instagram is a café. But the canteen has better food, and the café serves costly coffee that not everyone drinks.”

Instagram has largely replaced TikTok in India, and erased working-class creators - Rest of World - Argues how TikTok offered an opportunity to content-creators belonging to economically downtrodden and marginalised communities.

Pretty interesting read!

[archismita (Archismita Choudhury)]

This was a really interesting read, and the aesthetics bit is quite true.

[Tanmay]

I read a fascinating conspiracy theory last year, which was way more elaborate and far better articulated than this, but here’s the summary:

“Zuckerberg had TikTok banned in India, so that Instagram could launch Reels”