Tools that help manage harmful content and promote togetherness
TikTok wants to get more users live streaming and watching streams, so it’s rolling out a bunch of features to aid with visibility, audience interaction, and, most importantly, chat moderation.
Citing an increase in live streaming on the platform,TikTok is encouragingeven more of it with a suite of new tools planned to roll out “in the coming weeks.”
Many of these features involve connecting with your audience (or with a creator, if you’re the audience), but the biggest focus is on dealing with harmful content.
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Most importantly, TikTok’s new LIVE features include tools to help creators moderate inappropriate content in their chatrooms.
The most toothless feature, Consider Before You Comment, will pop up a text box letting a commenter know that what they’re about to say might be hurtful (but won’t actually stop them).
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