What is Teaser?

I want to reverse engineer TikTok, so I made Teaser.

What is the vision?

Teaser as of 18/06/2023:

• Video editor
  • Video filters
  • Cutting and splicing video together
  • Adding music from youtube clips
  • TODO: In app browser like HN Harmonic & video download
• TODO: Recommendation algorithm
• User profiles
  • Profile photos
  • TODO: Follow other users
  • TODO: Save posts to view later
• Tagging system
  • Teasers are searchable by tags
  • Robust tagging system
  • TODO: Link tags when clicked to search results
• Teaser video viewer
  • Likes, profile view, share, comments, etc
  • TODO: Nested comments
• TODO: XMPP Chat client
  • Prosody Server + Converse.js headless client
  • Message encryption
  • Group chat, 1:1 chat with subscribers
• TODO: Content moderation
  • NO illegal content! (See our terms of use)
• TODO: Payments
  • Stripe API

What is NOT in scope?

• Signal Protocol / Custom encryption
• Rewriting the backend (subject to change if I start learning Rust)

Who are our neighbours?

Neighbour	Positive:	Negative:
TikTok	Presents content in a format that is easily consumable, i.e. average length of a vid is 10-15 seconds, Content covers the entire human experience	Censorship, content format lacks substance
OnlyFans	Ownership over your own content, Creators set their own hours, Interaction between creator and consumer	Lack of built-in advertising and support to creators, i.e. creators need to advertise themselves on Reddit and TikTok

What's our solution

I'm recreating TikTok using Django and React Native.