I actually cried a lot this week thinking about the loss of TikTok. real life The people I connect with on Meta's platform are because of the legacy of those social networks. I've had Facebook since college and Instagram because it's only iOS. I switched from Android to an iPhone 4S one summer because I wanted access. That app, WhatsApp, allows me to connect with anyone on the other side of the world, but TikTok is the community I check in to when I have time to lock into the algorithm.
TikTok is how I connect with the international community when I'm not there in person, on continents I don't know if I'll ever get the chance to visit. It's where Gen Zers adopted me when I was obsessed with Joost Klein. Too much, I began to deduce why people thought I had ADHD for so long. And everything I learned on TikTok told me enough to go to the doctor and say, “I think this is what's finally happening” in recent times. forest fire disasterThis happened in the southern part of my home state. TikTok helped me keep an eye on which communities were affected. And where can I donate money and items to help victims?
Reader, yes. beard– I don't agree that TikTok is going the Dodo way in the US. Just like they did in Russia a few years ago. And I logged in and hoped for a miracle. But I was also facing the reality that I didn't know what was going to happen. January 19– So, like every time a company announces its website or social network. I will try to backup my data on TikTok and we will do it together now.
How to back up your data on TikTok
a few nights ago I checked my TikTok account settings to see if I could download my data. It seems like the only way to do that is through a mobile app. Since I can't duplicate this next set of commands on the web app, in the TikTok app, go to your profile page and tap the button to summon. Settings and privacy Menu. Tap it and select account– Scroll down to where it says you can. Download your data–
You must request a dump of your data before you can download it. The process takes a few hours, and TikTok will offer a TXT or JSON file of your data to download from the same window. This package will be valid for four days from the time you request it.
You can choose between downloading your TikTok data in JSON or TXT format.
I download my data in both formats. A lot of things are sent out, like the names of accounts I follow. This will help me find it elsewhere. Comments I have left on other people's pages and private messages. Shamefully, TikTok also conceals information about my TikTok shopping habits and how many gift vouchers I've missed.
I don't know what to do with the JSON file. Life Hacker It is recommended to use the file with third-party apps to extract specific data and export it elsewhere. GitHub Helper You can customize the JSON file and export the video as you want. But it all went haywire as I tried to multitask with five other things I was supposed to be doing.
If you're like me and would rather pay to make sure all your personal TikTok videos are downloaded locally. You can use services such as TokBackup To make a title deed is a minimum transaction. $5/month to get up to 6,000 of those videos, and that's after it finished scanning your account. TokBackup still scanned my profile. Therefore, I cannot report on its video recording performance. The popular consensus is probably that the easiest way to backup TikTok videos you post is to save them one at a time. I hope this TokBackup works because I don't have time this week!
Let's say you want to save all your favorite TikTok videos before the app is destroyed, like Alderaan. Star Wars: A New Hope This neat Chrome extension It will be done for you in the background. I have about 650 videos that need to be downloaded. But I only made it through 145 entries before turning off the screen to pause the video. After finishing talking here I'm going to come back and save every video I've ever liked on the TikTok platform.
Where to go next?
I guess people are going. Red Note To find their community on the Chinese version of TikTok, I haven't quite jumped ship yet. But that's because I haven't been tempted by the idea of translating every conversation between English and Mandarin. Everyone else is just quitting Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, though no one has jumped ship yet. The community is still hoping for a last minute agenda change before abandoning the platform.
The recent emergence of TikTok alternatives is so new that it's hard to tell if they'll offer the same magic that TikTok does. bite and lemon 8 (robot– iOS), which is owned by Tiktok's parent company, might be a good place to try if Meta's platform isn't your thing anymore. ThrillerAlthough I wouldn't recommend you go there because it's where TikTok haters gather. Since 2020–