Hong Kong, May 21 -- A well-intentioned content creator reflects on the (unnecessary) ire that TikTok is facing in India.

Many years ago, when I got super active on Twitter to cover lifestyle, travel, and other topics in my beat, my purist media friends were quick to deride me for endorsing this format of content, at the time diametrically opposite to long-form content. But soon enough, the world got used to Twitter.

A few years later, when I started getting active on Instagram, with travel videos, style hacks, #ootds, room tours, and giveaways, the very same traditionalists deemed the photo-heavy platform and its users shallow and frivolous. But it didn't take long for Instagram to welcome the most cerebral media houses and people. Whe...