if you're a tiktok content creator and you're looking for a new platform, maybe don't do lemon8.

one of my tiktok friends sent me a video about lemon8, a video sharing app that's very similar to tiktok. i guess the implication is that he's planning to go to that app and is suggesting that i do the same. here's the thing. i watched the video that he sent and there's one major reason why i don't think that it's a good idea to go to lemon8.

you see, the reason lemon8 is similar to tiktok is because it was made by bytedance, the company that made and owns tiktok. obviously lemon8 isn't as popular as tiktok but, should tiktok get banned, creators on that platform are going to migrate to other apps. and lemon8 might be one of them. if lemon8 gets to tiktok levels of popularity, the government is going to take notice and, seeing that lemon8 is not only from the same country as tiktok but the same company, they'll investigate and likely try to ban lemon8. as such, this whole situation will just happen again.

personally, i think a better app to go to would be clapper. it's an app that's very similar to tiktok but owned by an american company and it requires you to be at least 17 in order to join. i'm still trying to figure out what to do next but i'm seriously thinking about joining clapper.