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Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

TikTok is about to get its rear end banned from the USA, and the USA is about to get its rear end banned from TikTok. This is the thread to watch everything all go down.

USA Cutting Off TikTok
https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-creators-influencers-react-78a06f9d2a91541710f999cbe39a3290

TikTok Cutting Off USA
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-preparing-us-shut-off-sunday-information-reports-2025-01-15/

All I can say is: HELL YEAH!

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Anderson Koopa
Jun 9, 2006

all is right with the world especially as I lay waste to my fellow IKs
Grimey Drawer
My MIL likes TikTok. It seems most people on the platform are loud and obnoxious

Polish
Jul 5, 2007

I touch myself at night
Well I might as well download it and see what all the fuss is about.

Dandywalken
Feb 11, 2014

Argh, my Tok!!!

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010


I've made a huge mistake.
at long last, kids these days will suffer as they deserve

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

This ban is gonna be what brings this dead gay site back to life

Prettz
Sep 2, 2002

Goatse James Bond posted:

at long last, kids these days will suffer as they deserve
cant' wait to see teens staggering around in full-blown withdrawal

flubber nuts
Oct 5, 2005


no mr beast is going to buy it and save the day.

Canine Blues Arooo
Jan 7, 2008

when you think about it...i'm the first girl you ever spent the night with



Grimey Drawer
TikTok is terrible and i think this is unironically a good thing, but I'm also not so naive to assume another platform that is identical and probably owned by the same interests, just a step removed, isn't going to take it's place immediately.

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

Prettz posted:

cant' wait to see teens staggering around in full-blown withdrawal

Here's a preview

LaserPrinter69
Sep 6, 2022

"I did a perfect print job, grown men were coming up to me and saying with tears in their eyes, 'Sir, it was a perfect print job.' What they're trying to do to your favorite printer (ME!) is a disgrace."
I feel bad for the content creators (median annual income from tiktok $100) what will they do now to survive?

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

Canine Blues Arooo posted:

TikTok is terrible and i think this is unironically a good thing, but I'm also not so naive to assume another platform that is identical and probably owned by the same interests, just a step removed, isn't going to take it's place immediately.

I teach so...

My comedy take: Making students cry is the only thing that warms my cold, dead heart.

My serious take: Short-form content is atomizing attention spans. poo poo like TikTok and ChatGPT are incredibly harmful to student development, and I loving hate that some of my coworkers use the latter to do their job. Like, just loving lock in for an hour or two.

It's not going to solve the short-form content problem, though. YouTube Shorts is still there, and I'm sure X and Instagram will poo poo out alternatives.

Wendigee
Jul 19, 2004

Canine Blues Arooo posted:

TikTok is terrible and i think this is unironically a good thing, but I'm also not so naive to assume another platform that is identical and probably owned by the same interests, just a step removed, isn't going to take it's place immediately.

Spoiler: Facebook is planning to take over with their less popular "reels" as an existing replacement.

Hackers film 1995
Nov 4, 2009

Hack the planet!

finally. now there is no way for china to get my personal information

ghouldaddy07
Jun 23, 2008
How will we manage without poorly edited sketch comedy about basic social interactions.

Grey Cat
Jun 3, 2023

:catdrugs:


I have no feelings about it

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

Wendigee posted:

Spoiler: Facebook is planning to take over with their less popular "reels" as an existing replacement.

A much-needed win for Meta!

covidstomper58
Nov 8, 2020

As long as I never have to hear that DONK and the lovely logo at the end of a 10 second video I'm happy.

titty_baby_
Nov 11, 2015

As I said earlier today, I think social media and influencer culture is stupid, but also think singling out tiktok is stupid.

Hackers film 1995
Nov 4, 2009

Hack the planet!

when i heard they were getting rid of tik tok i immediately thought “oh no. oh no. oh no no no no no”

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

Hackers film 1995 posted:

when i heard they were getting rid of tik tok i immediately thought “oh no. oh no. oh no no no no no”

lol

Buttchocks
Oct 21, 2020

No, I like my hat, thanks.
I look forward to installing the federal government's compulsory chat/media/social credit app.

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

Truth Social is going to become the WeChat of the West

Ass Technology
Aug 13, 2023

The app may be banned, but the face dancing still continues in my nightmares

ElectricWatermelon
Jan 8, 2020


All I have to say is :lol:.
:lmao: even.

istewart
Apr 13, 2005

Still contemplating why I didn't register here under a clever pseudonym

Truly, this will at last unleash the tidal wave of fantastic new home-grown all-American content we've all been waiting for

mobby_6kl
Aug 9, 2009

How can we get it banned in the EU too next

Dandywalken
Feb 11, 2014

titty_baby_ posted:

As I said earlier today, I think social media and influencer culture is stupid, but also think singling out tiktok is stupid.

It should def be prefaced with regulations and enacting laws. Just banning it in a vacuum is def the wrong move

Stinky Wizzleteats
Nov 26, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 3 hours!
this is the only social media I use, you people are my entire window to the world

Strategic Tea
Sep 1, 2012

by Pragmatica
Sounds like they're throwing away their own golden fash recruitment tool, in the hope everyone will move to their own controlled platforms which the market has already rejected. works for me!

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Great news.

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

istewart posted:

Truly, this will at last unleash the tidal wave of fantastic new home-grown all-American content we've all been waiting for



Reminds me of this gem

nullandvoid
Mar 7, 2006

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
Is there another Chinese social media identity stealing application waiting in the wings?

kntfkr
Feb 11, 2019
Probation
Can't post for 11 days!
I condemn BOTH the USA and TikTok.

Wendigee
Jul 19, 2004

nullandvoid posted:

Is there another Chinese social media identity stealing application waiting in the wings?

Yeah it's the Chinese domestic version of tiktok I think it's called red book or something lol

Bad Purchase
Jun 17, 2019




TRUMP will fix it, don’t worry

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

kntfkr posted:

I condemn BOTH the USA and TikTok.

Harsh, but fair

nullandvoid
Mar 7, 2006

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

Wendigee posted:

Yeah it's the Chinese domestic version of tiktok I think it's called red book or something lol

ahahahahah

les enfants Terrific!
Dec 12, 2008
finally my coworkers will stop asking if i've "seen that tiktok"

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100 degrees Calcium
Jan 22, 2011



did you get that xiaohongshu i sent ya?

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