The story behind TikTok’s rating going down and then increasing

The rating of TikTok App was falling rapidly for some time, it had dropped from 4.5 to 1.2. But suddenly the falling rating of this app started improving and increasing. The reason behind this is the removal of 1 star rating given to TikTok by Google Play. Yes, Google Play has removed the 1 star rating that the video sharing app TikTok was getting for some time, due to which the rating of this app has now gone from 1.2 to 1.4. Let us tell you, due to the video posted by famous TikTok star Faizal Siddiqui, the demand to ban this app had increased rapidly. In this video, Faizal was accused of glorifying acid attack. Due to this, TikTok app had to face a lot of loss last week. A large number of people gave 1 star rating to this app by giving negative reviews against it on Google Play and Apple App Store.

However, this is not the only reason for the decline in popularity of TikTok. In fact, fans of famous YouTuber CarryMinati have also been protesting against this app for some time, who are constantly demanding a ban on this app through Twitter and other social media platforms. Not only this, in some reviews against the app on Google Play Store, TikTok has been described as a Chinese app and people are also being urged not to use it.

In this way, the direct effect of public outrage is being seen on Google Play Store, where within 1 week, TikTok’s rating has dropped from 4.5 to 1.2. On the other hand, the rating of Apple App Store is also average, which has dropped from 4.5 to 3.5. However, TikTok’s rating on Google Play Store has seen improvement. In fact, Google has deleted some negative reviews received against the app, which were against the policy of Google Play Store.

At the time of writing the news, TikTok’s rating on Google Play Store had increased from 1.2 to 1.4.

Did Google Play remove TikTok’s 1 star rating?

Google has been removing negative reviews and ratings that people have been giving to the TikTok app for some time now. However, this does not mean that Google is supporting TikTok in this controversy or trying to save it. Actually, these reviews are from the App Store. Policy are against. Posting the same review multiple times or posting it from different accounts is against Google’s rules. Clearly, its purpose is to spoil the rating of the app. Apart from this, Google has also said that people should not make political or social comments in the review. However, in the case of TikTok, people are doing the same. So because of this, Google Play Store has decided to remove negative reviews, which is not surprising.

Why are users giving bad ratings to the TikTok app?

There are some reasons behind why people are lowering the rating of TikTok app on Google Play and Apple App Store. The first reason is anti-China sentiment, which has increased since the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, the spark that arose against TikTok after Faizal Siddiqui’s video took the form of fire. Faizal Siddiqui had made a TikTok video in which he was seen throwing water on a girl, as soon as he threw water, the girl is seen in a different makeup in the video, which indicates the marks after the acid attack. After which people made it viral on social media and started demanding a ban on the TikTok app for promoting a serious crime like acid attack. The third reason is CarryMinati’s video “YouTube vs TikTok – The End”, in which he especially roasted Aamir Siddiqui and other TikTokers. CarryMinati’s followers started giving 1-star rating to the TikTok app since then.

Is the ban on Aamir Siddiqui’s TikTok account connected to the current controversy?

The latest update of this matter is that Aamir Siddiqui’s TikTok account has also been suspended. CarryMinati’s fans are calling it Carry’s victory, they feel that Aamir has been suspended from TikTok after Carry’s video. But in reality the reason for Aamir Siddiqui’s suspension is not related to this controversy. Actually Aamir Siddiqui’s account has been suspended due to violation of TikTok guidelines.

Battle of YouTube vs TikTok

However, apart from this, there is another reason due to which TikTok has been surrounded by criticism for some time, that is the YouTube vs TikTok issue. Actually, Aamir Siddiqui had said in a TikTok video that TikTok’s content is better and more entertaining than YouTube videos. After which he started getting criticized by YouTubers from all sides. But this issue gained momentum when famous YouTuber CarryMinati took all the TikTokers along with Aamir Siddiqui to task in his roast video and roasted them fiercely. Since then TikTokers are being trolled by YouTubers.

Why are people calling TikTok a Chinese app?

Some people who have given 1 star rating to TikTok in large numbers are standing against this app because they are linking it to China. Actually, the owner company of Tiktok is ByteDance, whose headquarters is located in Beijing. But this company has offices in many countries outside Beijing. TikTok is a global product of the company. The about page of the TikTok site states that TikTok has many global offices, which include Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo etc. But looking at the current situation, everyone is blaming China for the Covid-19 virus, due to which people are opposing China in their own way. Some Indian users are opposing TikTok vehemently due to this reason.