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Is TikTok going to be the one to get live-streaming right?

Twitter blew it with Periscope. Facebook and Instagram never figured it out. Twitch is great, but only in certain niches. But TikTok seems to be the closest thing going to a truly live social network, as today’s hurricane footage has definitely made clear.

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