If you want to know which social app Chinese young people use a lot now, you had better not miss "short videos". Some users use apps like Tik Tok (抖音) and Kuaishou because they think is fun to share short videos about their lives, while others have different (目的) as well.
A 12-year-old user Elsa has up to 2.7 million followers on Tik Tok. The girl (分享) videos about her dancing studies since last July. One of the videos won her about one million fans. "I feel really happy to go on sharing (happy) with other people by short videos," said Elsa.
As some videos are about the (late) news, a group of users depend on them to get information. To some other users, they have a different purpose. "Because I can't smany hours watching a complete video and I am a very impatient person. I don't like waiting for a program to end. I prefer to watch short videos of wonderful parts in a (['kɒnsət]) or a TV series," said Wang Zhihao.
However, some young Chinese feel bored with some short videos. "(kill) time is the main reason for me to watch the short videos, but many are almost the same, so I think it is a of time. Moreover, I really don't like the videos which show strange even dangerous things," said Wen Nan, another college student.
