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TikTok adds voice comments, polls, and photo carousels to comment sections globally
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TikTok is introducing voice comments, comment polls, photo carousel comments, and Live Photo comments to make its comment sections more interactive.
For engineers building social platforms, this signals a shift toward richer media types in traditionally text-first interaction zones. Handling voice transcription, moderation, and multi-photo uploads in comments introduces new complexity for content pipelines and automated detection systems.
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TikTok is rolling out voice comments globally to users 18 and older, allowing up to one minute of audio per comment.
Creators can now add polls with up to five options to their own videos globally.
Photo carousel comments allow up to nine photos per comment, while Live Photo comments are also now globally available.
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