TikTok is building many new features such as Bitmoji-like avatars, For You page keyword filtering, group chat, audio-only live streams, live stream screen sharing, and Twitch-like subscription features. .. Only comments section for emotes and subscribers only.These potential features in progress have been discovered by social media analysts Matt Navarra..
These leaks should be taken at face value — just because TikTok is playing with new ideas doesn’t mean it will be rolled out in the app. However, developing features can provide insights into your platform planning.
“We’re always looking for new ways to add value to the community and enrich the TikTok experience,” a TikTok spokeswoman told TechCrunch. A spokeswoman confirmed that these features were actually being considered, but emphasized that the goal when TikTok tried out new ideas was to get user feedback. The resulting functionality (if rolled out) can be very different from what you see in a leak. ..
Some of these leaked features have already been publicly tested in some way: Paid creator subscription.. However, subscriber-only emotes and comments sections (borrowed directly from Twitch) can make sense in the context of yet another recent TikTok test. TikTok Live Studio.. A keyword filtering feature similar to Twitter’s mute word feature has already been mentioned as part of TikTok. Continuing efforts Clean up the For You page.
“We’re working on a feature that allows users to select words and hashtags associated with content they don’t want to see in their ForYou feeds,” TikTok said. I have written In a blog post in December.
Other leaked ideas, such as avatars and audio-only live streams, point to other potential ways to extend TikTok. If they can do live stream video, why not take advantage of your interest in live audio (quite late)? Also, it’s almost time to group messages on TikTok.