Interviews with over two dozen Triller creators and others: the TikTok rival missed payments after promising Black creators $4K per month, half paid in equity
Creators, please, I am begging you ... no matter what they tell you, do NOT get on the Triller plane to Saudi Arabia Thank u for this Triller thriller @TaylorLorenz https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
i read @TaylorLorenz's extremely well-reported story this am and then, in a move that is surely completed unrelated, received an email this afternoon from a PR firm with this hed: “Triller Announces Black Creators Make More Money On Its Platform Than Tiktok or Instagram” https://…
Last fall, David Warren seemed to be on the verge of a breakthrough. With more than half a million followers on TikTok, Warren, 22, moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles, near a dance studio, where he could attend classes five days a week. https://www.washingtonpost.c…
A damning report on awful treatment of Black creators. As the creator economy scales quickly, we must be vigilant in HOW it grows, especially in guarding against exploitation for those most at risk. IMO orgs must work to value people for who they are, & not just what they make...…
Last year, the app Triller promised to pay 300 Black creators a collective $14M. But its payments to many creators have been erratic or nonexistent, leaving some deep in debt, financially ruined, and skipping meals to get by. Read our investigation: https://www.washingtonpost.com…