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TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban (www.npr.org)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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And they're already kissing Trump's ass

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I know bad for democracy and everything but

This app has done nothing positive for my life, arguably began my social media addiction, filled my brain with negative content at the height of COVID and severely impacted my mental health

I don't think governments should ban platforns. But do I think TikTok should have ever existed? No

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

And yet most of it's users are either to stupid or addicted to see the issue and just switch to RedNote, no questions asked. Which in turn nullifies the ban altogether.

[–] ZombiFrancis 4 points 22 hours ago

It helped my spouse deal with medical trauma by finding content creators expressing similar experiences. It worked better than any of the support groups which often felt more hopeless and isolating.

At this point though my spouse just hates instagram reels and how chaotic and pointless this is shaking out to be.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I dunno. Thanks to Black creators there, I learned about Tulsa, Rosewood, a lot about America indigenous culture, learned about the cops city protests and actions....

Sounds like TikTok was very good for democracy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Don't you need to learn these at school?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago

You would think.... but those aren't taught.

[–] Corkyskog -2 points 22 hours ago

I find Tiktok haters funny. Vast majority aren't users, and when you do find a user and they disparage the content, it's pretty obvious that it's a them problem and not a tiktok problem.

If you want tiktok to be cooking videos, just like nothing but cooking videos. If you want it to be about palestine, then like that content. If you want to be in MAGAtok, well that exists too. If you see nothing but thirst traps, that's because those are the videos you actually fully watch. Your fyp page is just a mirror into yourself.

The only haters I can agree with are the ones who say "too many ads"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like a you problem.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

it is a me problem

you want to subject yourself to doomscrolling and unresticted data collection? go ahead. i dont give 2 shits

[–] [email protected] -4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, it's a you problem that you can't control how you interact with your glass rectangle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

The glass rectangle is designed to be addictive. Should we let people and companies intentionally abuse addictive designs?