Tiktok is copying the Collaboration feature of Instagram AssembleDebug March 31, 2024

The stories of copying popular features of other apps isn't new in the social media world. Instagram and YouTube copied the popular short video content format from Tiktok and launched as Reels and Shorts. Tiktok might be also copying the whole image sharing concept of Instagram and turn it into a separate app called Tiktok Photos which I have reported first a few weeks ago. The trend of copying features is continuing.

The latest news is that - Tiktok is working on bringing the "Collaboration" feature which will allow creators to invite upto 5 other creators to make a collaboration post. We already know that Tiktok have "Duets" but this is only limited to 2 people only. This collaboration feature was made available in Instagram previous year. According to Instagram - You can use Instagram Collabs to co-author posts with other accounts. The creator of the original post can invite another account as a collaborator. If the account accepts the invite, their username will be added to the post and the post will be shared with their followers.

I did an APK teardown of the latest version 34.1.15 and it reveales some information about the upcoming feature in Tiktok. Here are some strings -

• You’re invited to collaborate
• You’ll be listed as a collaborator on this post. It’ll appear in your profile, but you can’t edit the post, or withdraw any income it may receive.
• You’ll have to be invited to collaborate again if you change your mind.
• Decline invite?
• Accept invite?
• You’re now a collaborator on this post
• You’ve declined this invite to collaborate
• You’re no longer a collaborator on this post
• Pending invites
• Can’t invite or remove collaborators
• Collaborated with
• Who’s in this post?
• Invite collaborators
• You can only invite 5 collaborators
• You’ll no longer be listed as collaborator on this post, and it’ll be removed from your profile.
• Leave collaboration?
• Creators who accept your invite will be listed as collaborators on your post. It will appear in their profile, but only you can edit the post, and withdraw any income it may receive.
• A new way to create with others on TikTok
• You can only invite others to collaborate at most 4 times a month
• You can only invite collaborators if the privacy settings of this post is set to “Everyone”
• You can only invite collaborators if your account is set to public

This will likely work the same way as it does in Instagram. Users will be able to invite other users as collaborators and they have to accept the invite in order to be added as a collaborator in the Tiktok posts. Declining an invitation and leaving an already accepted collaboration will be available as well. A user will be able to invite upto 5 other users/creators and is limited to inviting only 4 times only in a month. It also says "Creators who accept your invite will be listed as collaborators on your post. It will appear in their profile, but only you can edit the post, and withdraw any income it may receive". The account of the user who is inviting other users should be public and the post to which collaborators are being invited should be available to "Everyone".

The feature will be a welcome addition for the creators/influencers community. As I personally don't use Tiktok because it's banned in my country, I am not sure when this will be available to users in other countries. 

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