224: TikTok Paying $200M To Creators

On episode 224 of the BSP, I talk about TikTok planning to pay US creators $200 million dollars to create content on their platform, reasons to advocate your viewers to comment on your videos, and more.    Subscribe to the full audio podcast at http://www.bandrewsays.com   Gear Used This Episode (Affiliate Links): Neumann U67: https://imp.i114863.net/NrO97  OC White Low Profile Boom Arm: https://www.ocwhite.com/product/ultima-gen2-ultra-low-profile-adjustable-mic-boom-with-a-12-fixed-horizontal-arm-and-machined-table-bushing/ Universal Audio x8: https://imp.i114863.net/zMg2r Sennheiser HD650: https://geni.us/sennhd650   Twitter: @bandrewsays Ask Questions: https://www.askbandrew.com Merch; https://teespring.com/stores/podcastage-store Discord: http://www.podcastage.com/discord   00:00 - Intro  00:12 - TikTok Paying $200 Million to Creators TikTok Blog Post: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/introducing-the-200-million-tiktok-creator-fund 06:28 - Twitter Hack Update  07:18 - Neumann U67 Reissue 09:12 - WYHTS: Another Reason to Ask Viewers to Comment Below 12:52 - WYHTS: Do I Use a Teleprompter?  15:28 - WYHTS: Wouldn't the Twitter Hack Lead to the Exploit Being Fixed? 17:58 - WYHTS: Can You Really Buy Products Not Made in China? 20:59: - WYHTS: How Will You Review Audio Gear If You Don't Want to Buy Stuff From China?  25:02 - POLITICAL: Why I'm Avoiding Products Made in China? ARTICLES ON CHINA CAMPS: Organ Havesting 1: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-harvesting-organs-of-uighur-muslims-china-tribunal-tells-un-2019-9 Organ Harvesting 2: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-religious-ethnic-minorities-uighur-muslim-harvest-organs-un-human-rights-a9117911.html Organ Harvesting 3: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/11/16/china-covers-up-killing-of-prisoners-to-harvest-organs-for-transplant-new-report/#1a9c99f82ec7 Interview 1: https://www.businessinsider.com/muslim-woman-describes-horrors-of-chinese-concentration-camp-2019-10 Interview 2: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/muslims-held-in-chinas-detention-camps-speak-out/ Forced Labor: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2020/04/04/the-fate-of-uighur-muslims-in-china-from-re-education-camps-to-forced-labor/#378ae3ed2f73 Denouncing Camps: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/06/17/trump-signs-bill-condemning-chinas-uighur-camps-shortly-after-bolton-book-claims-he-encouraged-them/#335af39c31ed