My name is Isaiah Shaw and I’m a Marketing major at Georgia State University interested in working in the business/marketing side of the music industry. My favorite social media app by far is an amazing one named TikTok. Users can record up to 15 second videos with a variety of content. TikTok has endless videos for literally everyone’s entertainment. Back in August of 2018, TikTok merged with Musical.ly, which was an app famously known for its prominent feature, lip-syncing.

TikTok is all about giving content creators the freedom to share their content and feel comfortable and happy doing it! There are some social media sites where users feel more comfortable being themselves, while recording. I believe Snapchat happens to be one of them. Snapchat is more geared towards posting snaps that people (usually close to you) get to watch every single day. People more than likely feel more comfortable posting their videos or content on Snapchat. TikTok is similar in that sense, because they encourage creativity.

How does this relate to Steemit? Steemit is all about paying their creators for putting in the time to create and post their content. This is similar to TikTok in the sense of both platforms wanting to give their creators a chance to showcase their content. Of course many social media sites allow creators to post content, but TikTok and Steemit specifically want to make their creators feel special.

From my research, I’ve also learned that it is possible to actually make money off of TikTok, which is another similarity with Steemit. With TikTok , it’s possible to make good money by consistently engaging with viewers and going live and can actually have fans of yours send over virtual gifts. I think TikTok and Steemit can collaborate by potentially introducing cryptocurrency to TikTok users, and rewarding users without having to have fans send over money. There are plenty of TikTok users, so it may be costly to pay all users; however, certain criteria should be in place that doesn’t involve fans having to send over gifts to get users paid. TikTok can also maybe introduce a lip-syncing feature on Steemit, that can potentially get music content creators extra money in cryptocurrency on Steemit.

Overall, both TikTok and Steemit are great, and I look forward to seeing what they continue to accomplish in the future. To visit my blog discussing all things TikTok, visit https://shawsview.wordpress.com/.