I knew mine. I realized I couldn’t like it or comment, and then his profile disappeared, and I couldn’t download it, so I quickly took a screenshot. It felt like it was crumbling. And he was playing the saddest song: “Think of Me Once in a While, Take Care” and then it was gone. 💔
As a Canadian, who is scrolling TikTok *right now*, I guarantee you TikTok still works outside the US. It is banned for US based users, not worldwide. Ger a VPN, and you can use it too.
He’s friends with the CEO now, so he’ll fix it the same way Facebook and X were fixed; which means I no longer want it. I was in the process of deactivating when it went down 🫤.
They said that your accounts wouldn't be closed. I didn't try to comment, as it would have been pointless. BTW the TT CEO is trying to negotiate? Probably sell? So you might get your accounts back
I can still scroll back through videos up until they shut it down. I just downloaded my own videos that I could open up. I haven’t received the ban message yet.
This one made me laugh so hard I had to yell at my husband that Hank was raving his way to the end 😂 I will always cherish that Tiktok really did go full circle at the end.
Ignoring everything else, I quit tiktok 2 years ago and it legit took about a month for the itch to go away. I genuinely don't miss it tho, if that helps. 😕
It’s not about missing it or not. It’s about US government officials buying up Meta stock and then getting rid of the competition. This is supposed to be a free market, but they’re manipulating it for their own personal gain
The accounts and videos are still there so I'm just getting fed videos from a while ago. Kinda disappointed cause I wanted to see what it would be like without US content
Thank you for the explanation! Yes, language does evolve often in different directions hence why I don’t recognise ’to private’. The main reasons for divergence include geographical location and age group. I’m sure there’s a lot more vocabulary in frequent use that is beyond my comprehension.
I’m sorry for my rushed judgmental words earlier today. They were undeserved. I simply felt your initial response to the post was unneeded and maybe a bit rude but I didn’t need to take my frustration out that way.
I have all of my collections from tiktok saved in the app called “Faves” it’s almost 3,000 videos. That’s how down bad I am. I have so many good recipes, tutorials, funny and knowledge filled videos. I can’t give them up. I’m able to access all of them with the sound and everything.
Rednote is probably just overwhelmed by all of the new traffic right now. The same thing happened when I tried to make my account a few days ago. Wait until morning, then try again.
I was wondering, what happened at RN. I signed in and I saw a message saying where did all of our American friends go. And then it disappeared, and I clicked on a bunch accounts and they all say account banned .. but they have that little green checkmark saying they’re active. I could see us accts
It's too bad the whole community couldn't agree to shift to the same place. TikTok was where I got my true news. Not the filtered bits and pieces from the talking heads
There's absolutely ways to twist first person experiences.
Just to continue my example from the other comment I responded to, conservatives would repost videos of people enjoying brunch in Kyiv as proof that the US was giving money to a corrupt Ukraine. And/or that UAF was actually invading Russia
Yes! The flooding of Syria. The water in the Saudi desert. The earthquake videos. The fires. All the police abuse 1st hand. So much exposure. Too many to label all the 1st hand video of what is going on worldwide.
That's supplemental information. It's good to see raw video of events, which is available on every social media platform, but it's not great to only learn about events from first hand accounts.
People at a fancy cafe in Kyiv doesn't tell you what's happening on the front.
It was more than dancing. I followed a lot of political creators. I had connections with people I wouldn't have met in real life and learned different perspectives. It's not just about the app anyway. It's about our right to free speech.
I didn’t want to be rude, sorry. You have a bunch of powerful people that want to limit your freedom of speech - and thought. Those people own or partly control those social networks. Have that in mind, when Trump wants to be hailed as a hero on Friday when he turns the lukewarm water back on.
one way to spread important information and news fast has been shut down while billionaires begin to control the news (jeff bezos with the Washington Post), that is alarming. People should be alarmed. Esp with mass deportations starting next Tuesday.
We are not in the dark. Don't give into fear mongering. We are all here right now at this moment. This is not the dark! TikTok was 1 place. We can be anywhere they can't stop us.
This. I sat in shock for about 10 minutes because I didn’t believe it would happen. Then I picked myself up and moved to BlueSky. I will never be in the dark about our world again.
There are 27M users here on Bluesky. It's not 170M but it's not nothing either! Get your friends to join, be active. We can do the same thing here if we want to. So many more people are active here tonight alone.
There's a lot of new and some older inactive now being active users tonight. Browse the app for your interests and follow them! And remember to post content! This is a great time to get this app more active.
Unfortunately, our fyps are kinda just... sad and lonely right now. A lot of Canadian and Australian content but lacking the vibrancy and loudness of you guys
the videos are still up! It’s definitely pushing less of the American content, but it’s sprinkled in there - it’s just kinda.. quiet, but .. personal too? end-of-night sleepover vibes
I did not close the app, thought I had till midnight… Still watching your matchbox video because I can only see the videos I previously watched… Spencer is still live
@hankgreen.bsky.social watching this until the ship goes down… somehow I am still able to see the last two hours before 10:30 PM worth of videos that I watched
They’ll work on a browser even though they won’t work on a phone. The problem is the phone gives the app extra info like “you were downloaded off of the US version of the App Store”.
Listen, I fully acknowledge that the level of tracking and monitoring that the CCP does is horrendous. But our government does the same, and at least most Chinese own their own houses and can buy food. And we still have a fuck ton of Covid here while they do not.
The problem is that as an app, TikTok has many other ways to determine your country, and the law is structured to disincentivize them from looking the other way.
If you haven’t deleted the app it will still work, just like if you go to another country. Hopefully NordVPN have fixed the issues they were having because their systems all got overwhelmed by all the new subscribers and users in the US.
It requires a few extra steps. Easily do-able and totally legally. They didn't ban us from using it, they banned it from being in America. I'm thinking of doing it just as a f-ck you to the moldy potatoes in Congress.
My last video was Under The Desk Newa giving me good news. Before that it is a UK report of Russia fining Google 2.5 trillion trillion trillion dollars for infringing their free speech.
Is one of those in a half time zone though? Because otherwise that still doesn’t make sense. And most laws that have clocks on them, including this one, go based on the time it is in DC.
A couple days ago, I was going to @ you to ask who will tell everyone not to eat grass. Then you posted yesterday that *you’ll be eating grass* and I wonder now if that’s your parting legacy on TikTok.
I did when it first happened. I also think I lost some of my Chinese followers so I think something changed there… when I first signed in there was a video from a China creator, saying what happened to all of our foreign friends..
When was it made official that the site would close on this day?
"I thought I had more time". LMAO.
I love to wake up with texts so funny it makes my day already.(07:52am here, on my first coffee waking up) :) Thx.
Sure I'm from Holland. But shouldn't a VPN or TOR get around it? or other programs that connect to other countries before it addresses the site or app?
FWIW, I was able to login with a VPN. BUT, I couldn't log into my account with my phone number. I don't know if that is how they figure we are in the states because on the VPN when I login with my phone number I get the same message I got off the VPN, BUT, if I login with my google account it works.
My phone number account doesn't work even on my computer, so I think it mighty simply just be them looking at the US phone number. I would try logging in with my google account on my phone but there is no log out option right now.
Why do we think it went dark the day before inauguration? 🍊💩👹 wants to blame Biden for the ban and take credit for undoing it. This is a fabricated travesty. But also, let’s have something else instead of TikTok or Instagram or X. The people deserve a platform that isn’t controlled by assholes!
Also, not even having a VPN made a difference! I thought the first ones I saw were a meme, but then I got the message directly and used Nord and set it to Canada, same thing.
Tom Cotton was the sole person to vote against it and then the Supreme Court upheld the ruling.. Tom Cotton who has a book coming out in a couple of weeks about the evils of China
I deleted the apps because I couldn’t figure out how to go dark. I’m not ready to delete my account yet - FB is my only connection to a few people I love.
The last TikTok I was served was an epic rant by TwistedAndSpoiled. He’s a southern booktok adjacent lawyers. The guy who has the whole fight with his neighbor about rocks. Any idea where he ended up?
It’s wild being on TikTok now. You are all frozen. If you started a live during the blackout you are frozen but we can talk to each other in the comments.
Ah nuts, I'm so sorry. To be honest I don't really know much about them. We all know that trump will probably bring it back soon just so he can look like a hero 🙄
If you put in any location information when you set up your TT, it may be offline for you no matter where you are when you try to connect. When TT's U.S. servers are online again, download your data* and see what they have.
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What Hank said was correct
I’m sorry for my rushed judgmental words earlier today. They were undeserved. I simply felt your initial response to the post was unneeded and maybe a bit rude but I didn’t need to take my frustration out that way.
I hope you have a good 2025 Tim 😊
The match thing?
Just to continue my example from the other comment I responded to, conservatives would repost videos of people enjoying brunch in Kyiv as proof that the US was giving money to a corrupt Ukraine. And/or that UAF was actually invading Russia
People at a fancy cafe in Kyiv doesn't tell you what's happening on the front.
😅
Can you scroll, access your follows or comments.
It’s opening for me without VPN with one video but nothing else?
Also people with stores need to have a cc in file that matches the VPN country.
Look what America does to its people. I think the last thing they care about is your safety or security.
I don’t know what the real reason was, but it wasn’t that.
And you’d have to start a new account.
I tried to post my final video at 10:45pm EST on the 18th and couldn't 😭💙
Fun fact: The uS Virgin Islands are
"I thought I had more time". LMAO.
I love to wake up with texts so funny it makes my day already.(07:52am here, on my first coffee waking up) :) Thx.
Both people I’d trust to not do anything stupid
As far as I know we’re safe, let me know if you need any help!
People from the U.S. are now using VPN to post. I am not recommending this! I don’t know if you will have any legal implications.
*They don't collect anything worth stealing.