TikTok Returns to Normal After Winter Storm-Related Outages
A week after a major winter storm hit the US, social media platform TikTok has finally returned to normal, according to company officials. The issues started on Monday, January 26, when users began experiencing technical problems with the app, including bugs and server timeouts.
Initially, TikTok announced that it was working on "major infrastructure issues," warning of potential disruptions to users' accounts and earnings. However, progress was made by the next day, as stated in a platform update, although some issues still persisted. At that time, users who posted videos were temporarily seeing zero views or likes, with their earnings looking missing due to server timeouts.
By February 1, TikTok claimed that all issues had been resolved and users should not experience any further problems. The company apologized for the disruptions and thanked its US community for their patience and understanding.
However, the outages occurred during a tumultuous time for the platform's parent company, ByteDance, which recently sold off most of TikTok's US operations to Oracle. As a result, some users have uninstalled the app in protest, citing concerns over data ownership and censorship.
According to an analysis by analytics firm Sensor Tower, uninstalls of the app increased by over 150% during the five days following the change in ownership, compared to the three months prior. Meanwhile, competitors like UpScrolled saw a surge in downloads as users sought alternative social media options.
A week after a major winter storm hit the US, social media platform TikTok has finally returned to normal, according to company officials. The issues started on Monday, January 26, when users began experiencing technical problems with the app, including bugs and server timeouts.
Initially, TikTok announced that it was working on "major infrastructure issues," warning of potential disruptions to users' accounts and earnings. However, progress was made by the next day, as stated in a platform update, although some issues still persisted. At that time, users who posted videos were temporarily seeing zero views or likes, with their earnings looking missing due to server timeouts.
By February 1, TikTok claimed that all issues had been resolved and users should not experience any further problems. The company apologized for the disruptions and thanked its US community for their patience and understanding.
However, the outages occurred during a tumultuous time for the platform's parent company, ByteDance, which recently sold off most of TikTok's US operations to Oracle. As a result, some users have uninstalled the app in protest, citing concerns over data ownership and censorship.
According to an analysis by analytics firm Sensor Tower, uninstalls of the app increased by over 150% during the five days following the change in ownership, compared to the three months prior. Meanwhile, competitors like UpScrolled saw a surge in downloads as users sought alternative social media options.
. like, didnt think they cud actually get it back 2 normal 4m such a big deal! & idk about these concerns over data ownership tho... cant say im surprised cuz ppl are always worried abt that sorta thing 
. but yaaas to oracle taking over tiktok's us ops & making people uninstall the app 
. like, maybe thats good 4 them?
. but honestly, i think the app is still fire 
, and it can bounce back from this just like it did before 
. like, i know some ppl are leaving bc of concerns over curation and whatnot, but for me, that's part of what makes tiktok so unique 
. they're not trying to be facebook or instagram, which is why we need more app options 
. so yeah, imma keep using tiktok even if it means dealing with some minor hiccups 
.
. but hey, at least we have upscrolled as an option now, right? 
anyway, can we talk about why ppl are uninstalling tiktok cuz of oracle buying out their us ops?! seems like a major shakeup and im lowkey concerned about data ownership now 
And while UpScrolled might be seeing a surge in downloads, I'm not convinced that's necessarily good for competition... it's just another social media platform trying to poach users.
what's crazy is all those uninstalls cuz of data concerns tho 
i mean, oracle is a legit company and they're tryin to take over the management of tiktok's us ops so what's wrong with dat? 
after that crazy winter storm took it down. i was wondering when they'd sort out their issues. guess the outage did give people a chance to think about what they really want from their social media apps... like, do we need another platform in our lives? 
. It's gonna be interesting to see how this changes things for creators and small businesses that rely on TikTok