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Tsubaki Factory’s official X (formerly Twitter) account announced that Ami Tanimoto would go live on her personal TikTok account starting around 9:30 PM. On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, a running commentary thread kicked off the moment the stream began — but the reactions focused less on the broadcast itself than on the viewing experience: an “HTTP ERROR 403” that blocked anyone trying to open TikTok in a browser, an odd-looking filter effect, and the sound of running water that had commenters wondering aloud, “Is she streaming from the bathroom?” There were also comments noting that her usual Instagram Live audience is always the same familiar faces, with some hoping TikTok might bring in new fans.
Tsubaki Factory @tsubakifac_uf
Today‼️ Starting around 9:30 PM, #AmiTanimoto will go live on TikTok on her personal account!
If you don’t have TikTok yet, download it, follow her, and be ready to watch! 🫶🏻🫶🏻
Source: tiktok.com / Original post here
What people said
Man, it's rough every single time
Already unfollowed.
You don't have permission to view this page.
HTTP ERROR 403
Exactly this
Guess you can't even watch on PC without an account anymore?
Even with an account you can't watch on PC,
so I'm watching on my phone
now I can watch fine on PC too
just like Rio Fujii
Go get 'em on TikTok ✊‼
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Trying to watch TikTok in a PC browser while not logged in can trigger a 403 error, which means only people who have an account set up on their phone can reliably watch a stream. The repeated “can’t watch it” and “made an account on my phone” comments in the thread stem directly from this technical limitation. It’s also worth noting that more Hello! Project members have been running personal TikTok accounts in recent years, and comments comparing viewer counts with Instagram Live, or pointing out differences in video quality and filters between streams, reflect a fan pattern of focusing on peripheral details — which app, and how it looks — rather than the content of the stream itself. What actually divided the thread wasn’t how exciting the stream was, but rather frustration over the inconvenient viewing experience and the observation that her regular Instagram Live audience is “always the same faces” — neither of which was really a judgment on the quality of the broadcast itself.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “■ From around 9:30 PM ■ Tsubaki Factory’s Ami Tanimoto TikTok Live ■.”
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