TikTok content creator Taylor Cassidy has a hot take: going viral won’t necessarily change the world. Inviting us to rethink what it means to be successful online, she shares how to retain your voice on social media — and reminds us all where true impact lies.
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Self-Motivation
August 17, 2023 at 7:14 am
❤
Taki Elddine
August 17, 2023 at 7:18 am
Yes
Queen Erika JerShelle
August 17, 2023 at 7:20 am
❤
zippy tripi
August 17, 2023 at 7:24 am
Agreed 💯👍,keep the message!
Tami Kovacs
August 17, 2023 at 7:32 am
Just know that you just changed my life by telling me all that! It really pushed my confidence to fight for what I believe is right. Thank you so much ❤️
sophia isabelle
August 17, 2023 at 7:37 am
Going viral is only temporary. The next day, it’d be easy for people to forget about you and why you even went viral in the first place. If you want to contribute meaningfully, you’d have to do with your whole heart, and not because you’re striving to seek continuous attention.
Roberto
August 18, 2023 at 7:51 am
False, social media will be more important than any other kind of communication in the future. Imagine when we’ll be able to read thoughts of other people. We won’t even need to talk in that case.
Mr. Wrongthink.
August 17, 2023 at 7:37 am
Boooooring.
yellow
August 17, 2023 at 9:29 am
Hahaha
Frank Martinez
August 17, 2023 at 7:54 am
Teaching white supremacy by Donald Yacovane. Book. Teaching white supremacy was stopped being taught in public schools 1776-1965 due to Martin Luther king and MalcombX. Than you . Frank Martinez Downey California ❤❤❤
Angelina Mclaughlin-Heil
August 17, 2023 at 8:29 am
Why is the sound so bad.
Marcus [not Aurelius]
August 17, 2023 at 8:38 am
This was an amazing talk. Loved it.
Ribka Keflay
August 17, 2023 at 9:25 am
You are a star and an intelligent. Who have the power to motivate, uplift and guide people who are as young as you are. I listen to you and my heart filled with love. Keep on doing what you are doing. Have bleeding life.
ronold cross
August 17, 2023 at 10:43 am
A very successful and influential speaker said he would pick one person out. He said that if he could reach that one person, he would reach the whole audience.
PrettyWitty
August 17, 2023 at 11:12 am
Wtf is black identity?
Sly Foxx Sr.
August 17, 2023 at 11:14 am
It’s nice to see Colin Kaepernick speaking once again
JP BM
August 17, 2023 at 11:33 am
The title alone is so stupid that I can´t even can
Vector Television
August 17, 2023 at 4:14 pm
there are plans for an ASEAN space-center, and many future space-ships will be built there,
with new robotic astronauts, and new state of the art { space-suits }
Chad Espanol
August 17, 2023 at 4:24 pm
Dont stop caring. “Once you stop caring, you might as well plan to not care.”
ThaBootyBandit
August 17, 2023 at 6:43 pm
Why is the mic quality so bad?
Jess Foday
August 17, 2023 at 9:22 pm
i really needed to hear the message in this video. watering down your message in exchange for more attention is very tempting and, as “selling out” typically has some financial or social advantage, it’s a seemingly common path. simply put, quality may be more fulfilling than quantity
sangmade wira
August 17, 2023 at 11:25 pm
Lmao. Superficial. You do NOT have my support. Sad to see the TED channel stooping to this low of a level
zmmm88
August 18, 2023 at 3:36 am
black/colored speakers only 🤢
Lil Speed
August 18, 2023 at 5:22 am
我觉得这就是我不用抖音最大的原因，通常很火的视频都没有一点价值，信息零散化，当然我认为很多流行的元素出现在抖音里看起来很傻，总之，我很讨厌它
Luke W
August 18, 2023 at 5:36 am
Going viral helps maintain the status quo, gives hope to all while delivering nothing
Lieve Leysen
August 20, 2023 at 8:05 am
👏✨🙏🏻
GP
August 23, 2023 at 11:42 am
The sound being so bad on this video kept me from wanting to watch the entire thing.
Fix the audio TED