douyin sign up outside of china?

[Pizzamaster]

Is it possible to sign up on douyin outside of China? Can't seem to sign up whether I use my Canadian phone number, weibo or wechat. Keeps saying "try again later".

[vellocet]

I'm pretty sure you can.  Months ago, Douyin was invaded by colonizers, who had changed something in their settings and were enjoying "alternate Tiktok".  They commented how refreshing it was, free of Tiktok's bullying culture.  They then proceeded to engage in the exact behaviors that drove them from Tiktok in the first place, with zero self-awareness.  

[jiaojiao87]

Yes.

[NinKenDo]

@vellocetis there some kind of write up on this floating around?

[vellocet]

Dunno.  All I know is they started polluting my Douyin one day.   I started telling them to decolonize the space, but I didn't realize Douyin counts comments as engagement and starts showing you more of the same kind of video.  Yuk.  Really nasty people.  Here's a writeup about how they use Tiktok to bully others.