ICYMI: TikTok Isn’t For Creators Anymore

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4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by journalist and author Cory Doctorow to discuss his latest piece, “The Enshittification of TikTok,” in Wired. They talk about the life cycles of online platforms, why nobody on the platforms have any understanding of the rules of the game, and why we’re in dire need of better regulations. This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario. Subscribe to Slate Plus at http://slate.com/icymiplus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were Liars.
0:08.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:10.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We were Liars. New series, watch now.
0:28.1	Only on Prime Video.
0:33.6	Is it just me or is anyone else super fucking in order to TikTok lately?
0:43.1	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I.
0:47.0	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:50.6	Hello, hello, my beautiful little parisocial friends.
0:57.0	Congratulations on making it through another week. Honestly, God bless all of us.
0:59.0	I hope y'all have some enriching plans for this weekend, because me personally, I'm in the
1:05.0	seventh ring of hell, moving apartments, because New York housing is, it is what it is.
1:10.0	So please send any good moving vibes y'all have for me and my roommate and poor Masha,
1:15.9	the cat, who was going to be going through it this weekend.
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