TikTok might start being not shit after this, but I'm not risking exposure until I have confirmation
I wonder if they'll sell or go down in flames.
If they sell, it'll just become overly moderated like Facebook.
If they go down in flames, a bunch of overnight competitors will compete to succeed.
I'm honestly surprised more content creators on TikTok haven't raised a stink about this from what I've seen. Agree with it or not, for some people this is their livelihood.
Most content creators that I know have either openly stated that they prefer it shutting down because it's such a royal pain in the ass to use TikTok since it's audience is so different than their other platforms, or have said they stopped using it without showing a position, the only reason they used it in the first place is because that's where the audience is but they would much prefer other alternatives
Cannot wait to stop receiving these fuckin links
There will just be a new (US based) TikTok copycat that springs up, or many. Banning one social media cancer doesn't stop the others
This is all about pressuring Bytedance to sell to any of the large US companies dying to get that user base. Remember that one party is currently loaded with tech bros with no ethics.
Bytedance seems willing to play chicken and hit the wall as a gamble about coming out of this less hurt than anyone else.
If that was the case people would be using Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts but they are just bad copies that don’t understand what features made TT popular. „The Algorithm” will be impossible to copy and that’s what kept people there.
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