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[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

He's not even president yet and TikTok went offline voluntarily. No one but TikTok has done anything regarding the ban, and all they did was flip a switch off then back on. More young folk than I thought are very skeptical or even staying off it because they rightfully distrust Trump. It's like they chose the devil they didn't know to get away from the devil they did, and now both devils are there. Im sure many will stay however.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You have too much faith.

Most won't stay away. Most are deeply and horribly addicted. They faced their withdrawal symptoms for one day. They get got their next hit and now they're in deeper than ever before.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

See: Reddit API debacle

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Are there any papers on how fascism buries you in these sorts of irritating authoritarian stupidity?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago

Highly recommend The Reactionary Mind to really understand modern fascism. Anti-intellectualism is a necessary part of the formula.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Scary US is scary...

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This shows you how bad the propaganda attempt went. They should have left it gone long enough to hurt, so people would really be mad. Now it just looks weird and a clear attempt to make Trump look good for Monday.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

On Twitter though there's already people praising Trump for saving TikTok

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Twitter is a propaganda machine too? It's going to sort and surface that kind of thing.

A huge, common fallacy is that there's any kind of fairness in what rec algorithms prioritize to serve.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

The remaining userbase of Twitter was praising Trump long before TikTok credited him with "saving" it.

People who still actively post on Twitter like it isn't a bought and paid for alt-right propaganda machine represent a clear bias.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (5 children)

So pretty obviously what happened here was that Trump and the Chinese authorities struck a deal by which Trump would be given credit for not enforcing the ban that both he and Biden had already said they had no intention of enforcing.

The interesting question is: what did Trump give China in exchange?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

He probably told them they could just keep the data and do whatever they want with it as long as they provide it to our social media companies in the US for free.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Wasn't it his idea to ban it in the first place, to try and force a sale to a US company? Given that hasn't seemed to have worked, I wonder what changed to make him change his mind, was it just that Biden went through with it, or did they bribe him, or maybe just so he can go tell users that he "saved" one of their favorite social media apps?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (4 children)

A narcissist taking something away and then giving it back is a common manipulative tactic used to control their victim[s] by creating a cycle of dependence & uncertainty.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What the fuck? He's not even president yet. They disappeared for like a day total?

Reality needs to stop being so poorly written this is so on the nose

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

Unfortunately, money can't buy taste

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just when you thought trump's dick couldn't get any smaller.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago

And somehow keeps getting sucked. Fuck this stupid country. Wish I could leave.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Fuck TikTok and fuck trump. Tbh it was always weird that he was so against something I hated so much. It makes so much more sense for that scumbag to be cozied up to that bullshit

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago

Live video still isn't back on TikTok; which is probably the most useful part of the platform during demonstrations. It's much more useful than local recording in case your phone gets seized to have it broadcast to others sitting at home, who can screen-record the stream as evidence.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago

He's literally not even president yet

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I expect reports of deleting any video saying otherwise in a few days.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago

the only thing missing here is a little banner ad for $diapercoins

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

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

First video that popped up was AOC talking about how insidious this exact message is.

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