{"id":4770,"date":"2021-04-12T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ralna.org\/?p=4770"},"modified":"2021-07-28T15:01:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T22:01:19","slug":"never-too-old-to-try-seniors-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ralna.org\/never-too-old-to-try-seniors-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Too Old to Try: Seniors & TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TikTok is more than the sound of a clock. It is a social media frenzy. Throughout the world, people are participating in TikTok for multiple reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Businesses use it to promote goods and services, dancers use it to audition for performance opportunities, and singers use it to showcase their vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TikTok is one of the major places where life is happening in the virtual world, and it\u2019s showing no signs of abating. It is now home to yet another frenzy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seniors are now using TikTok and enjoying themselves immensely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For over two years, TikTok has been a social media option and the COVID-19 pandemic has brought seniors into the fold in great numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It found its success when investors merged the app with another called Musical.ly. Effective rebranding found a plethora of new audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the former app name suggests, it was initially designed to showcase the musically gifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That has since changed and TikTok makes talent a sliding scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It hosts lip-singers, dancers, comedians, and pranksters to provide a moment of laughter. And now seniors are numbered among the world\u2019s TikTok users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOW DOES TIKTOK BENEFIT SENIORS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the outset of 2020, people over 25 years of age thought themselves too mature for TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That has now changed in a major way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One positive aspect of the pandemic was the expansion of youthful engagement. Now, countless adults are using and creating on TikTok as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Popular hashtags include \u201c#worklife,\u201d \u201c#getcrafting,\u201d and many more. Short videos on TikTok are now an effective means of passing traditions, teaching new skills or simply entertaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is where seniors have been incredibly beneficial to TikTok\u2019s younger crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clips explaining how to sew, make baskets, or solve relational problems are just the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mechanics, home repair, and yard maintenance have found a home in TikTok\u2019s arsenal as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TikTok\u2019s Director of Creator Community, Kudzi Chikumbu, says, \u201cTikTok is a place for everyone, from Gen Z to grandparents going viral, and it\u2019s inspiring to see different generations connecting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connection is critical, and TikTok connects people with people creating a new form of passing skill, talent, and wisdom. Seniors are learning new dances, songs but also passing along much-needed skills to others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Below are examples of what seniors are doing on TikTok:<\/p>\n\n\n\n