ICYMI - TikTok Shop is a Dystopian Mall Kiosk
Slate Technology
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4.6 • 636 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, Rachelle and Candice are joined by sustainable stylist and fashion educator Lakyn Carlton to discuss TikTok Shop — a new feature that lets users purchase products without ever leaving the app. TikTok Shop is a modern day QVC, where merchants can shell products they’ve made — or are authorized to resell — in live videos with products tagged on screen. In the age of Amazon Storefronts and Etsy, it’s not surprising for TikTok to enter the e-commerce space. But the crowded, merchant-filled experience has ruined the app’s appeal and made users consider quitting TikTok for good.
This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton.
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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. |
| 0:07.0 | A new series on Prime Video. |
| 0:09.0 | 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 Will Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video. Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton. |
| 0:44.3 | And I'm Candice Lem, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I. |
| 0:48.4 | In case you missed it. |
| 0:50.0 | Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:53.0 | And oof, there has been a lot of culture this week. |
| 0:57.3 | And by that, I mean reality TV culture. |
| 1:00.4 | I mean, that's the only culture that matters if you're a true savant like we are. |
| 1:05.5 | But where do we begin? again. |
| 1:18.7 | Okay, let's start with, like, the most recent news, breaking breaking. |
| 1:23.8 | It looks like two summerhouse people, Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radkechie canceled their wedding. |
| 1:29.4 | Okay, so this is not my ministry, but is this another scandal ball situation? |
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