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.
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2025
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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
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Cannot wait to stop receiving these fuckin links
Do it. Let the US be a closed censored state like it desperately wants to be.
They'll even put the hashtag #freespeach when they deliver their ban.
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Do it. Let the hate flow through you.
How many western apps are banned in west Taiwan, anyway?
Should Facebook be banned in China?
Already is, but should we compare US and China in terms of censorship?
Don't tell me, a .ml user came here to complain about whataboutism.
Dumn liberals, only tankies get to do concern trolling and whataboutism.
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It already is, and yes.
noooo not the cringe app!! everything but the cringe app
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TikTok might start being not shit after this, but I'm not risking exposure until I have confirmation
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.