What Does Mask Fishing Mean In TikTok - Get To Know About Mask Fishing

What Does Mask Fishing Mean In Tiktok - TikTok, known in China as Douyin, is a video-sharing social networking service owned by a Chinese company called ByteDance. What Does Mask Fishing Mean In Tiktok is the question asked by the TikTokers. To know more details about What Does Mask Fishing Mean In Tiktok, continue to read the information below.

by Menaga K

Updated Sep 24, 2021

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What Does Mask Fishing Mean In TikTok - Get To Know About Mask Fishing
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TikTok is a social media platform used to make a variety of short-form videos from different genres such as dance, comedy, and education, which has a duration from fifteen seconds to three minutes. TikTok is known as the international version of Douyin and was released in the Chinese market in September 2016. In 2017, TikTok was also launched for iOS and Android outside of mainland China. However, it became available globally only after merging with another Chinese social media service, called Musical.ly, on 2nd August 2018. To know more about mask fishing in TikTok, scroll down further.

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What Is Mask Fishing Tik Tok?

The new term that is taking over TikTok is ‘mask fishing’, it is a new dating horror that was created post-pandemic. ‘Mask fishing’ is similar to ‘catfishing’. On the internet, a catfish is a person who looks completely different online rather than in real life; they trick people into thinking they are more attractive than they really are. TikTok users have come up with a new idea called mask fishing, which is where you look totally different whilst wearing a mask than when you take it off.

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Catfishing was really a nightmare to people already, and amid all those cheatings people do, this is also becoming more and more dangerous to innocent people. The phrase Mask Fishing emerged on TikTok as part of the app’s new challenge. On TikTok, TikTokers will be filming themselves while wearing a mask that covers almost all of their face. Then, they take off the face mask and will show what their face looks like in real life and write the caption to the video post as “Am I mask fishing?” People in the comment section will say whether they are mask fishing or not.

What Does Mask Fishing Mean?

The Mask Fishing works on both ways. A guy looking really attractive will look completely different while wearing a mask. A guy who wants to hide their insecurities situated on their face may use the mask fishing technique to grab the attention of the girls. So if you are going on a date with the person who you met on TikTok and then beware guys! Do not fall for these kinds of trap. It is considered that dangerous if you are aware of your surrounding. This trend does not bring so much negavity. It is just a harmless trend. Other trends that are popular in TikTok includes 

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  • VHS filter

  • 'Laughing to the Bank' sped up.

  • Touch it challenge

  • Passing the phone

  • I'll never forget you


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What Does Mask Fishing Mean In TikTok - FAQs

1. What is TikTok?

TikTok, known in China as Douyin, is a video-sharing social networking service.

2. Who owns TikTok?

TikTok is owned by Chinese company called ByteDance.

3. What is the name of chinese version of TikTok?

Douyin is the name of chinese version of TikTok

4. Name one feature of TikTok?

TikTok is a social media platform used to make a variety of short-form videos, from different genres such as dance, comedy, and education, which has a duration from fifteen seconds to three minutes.

5. When was it released?

TikTok is known as the international version of Douyin, and was released in the Chinese market in September 2016.

6. What is similar to catfishing?

Mask Fishing is similar to catfishing.

7. TikTok merged with which social media service?

 It became available globally only after merging with another Chinese social media service, called Musical.ly, on 2nd August 2018.

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