I love TikTok but I think it won’t be recognizable in the new form. It will probably be taken over by facebook so we will see all the skewed news and they will filter out Trump opposing content, litter it with ads and I am sure the creators will get less revenue. More grift from the politicians.
So it was all a stunt?! Biden is still the president. Biden’s administration release a statement to say they would not enforce ban, yet they shutdown and added that message praising TRUMP? I say stay away from that!
That's rather convenient, don't you think? I would be very, very careful about insulting the new administration on tiktok. Watch what you say. Big brother is most definitely monitoring.
Same, was that part of their trick? Locate people who will stand up to them? I'm so paranoid but this reeks to high heaven. The assassin's family was on one of their Cambridge Analytica lists
Honestly I’m considering getting back on for a day strictly to document how much more frequently it tries to push right wing content than before. And to see if it will still let me block accounts.
I want to see why he wants us to watch tomorrow. Something is very off. He NEEDS his own base to see something so they stay loyal, that’s what this is.
Maybe since moving the inauguration indoors, which means his crowd size will be very low, he wants his followers to watch him sworn in on TikTok. You know how size is very important to him...crowd size, size of Arnold Palmer's penis...)
It will be all over the news and YouTube and everywhere else after the inauguration, so you won't miss anything. If you watch, he will be able to brag about how big his numbers are and how loved he is.
Oh I’m staying off social media & the news all day tomorrow. I’m thinking of getting back on post-Monday just to document how much more frequently right wing media is pushed. Also he’ll brag about “record numbers” even if only 100 people watch
Don’t go back. They fucked with us and I refuse to be a pawn. Already got played enough already. It’s now another arm of maga nazi propaganda. #notrumptok
I’m seeing some changes. A lot of MAGA accounts, both on my FYP and in the comments, which was not the case before. The algorithm also seems to be weird, almost as if I were a newer user, when it was sheer perfection before. Something is off.
The algorithm definitely seemed different when I went back on. But now I cant get back on at all. It keeps saying I dont have internet service. Same thing with Red Note. Can't get on. Says no internet service when I'm very clearly connected to internet. Something is weird.
Also, what tf happened to insta and fb over night? When I opened fb this morning it was 99% sponsored ads and insta looks like a wannabe tiktok. Deleted insta and thinking about deleting fb as well. So fed up with these Maga sh*t.
I've been trying to delete my account most of the morning....there's no tab to delete. Just some words with no ability to click on anything. Wonder why we can't delete our accounts....🤔
Did you guys read the fines involved?
TikTok had to go dark because of the SCOTUS decision. They solidified the law and established the perimeters.
There will be 90 more days of negotiation. I am hoping TikTok can prove that Meta is a domestic terrorist organization.
Tick-Tock TikTok… literally 🤭
Nothing. This was the plan all along. To fuck with us. We got played. Now it’s an arm of maga propaganda. Narcissists love to create problems to “save” everyone from. He started the ban in the first place.
It’s now a state run propaganda app. They’re in the process of trying to “joint own” TikTok with American owners involved. It was a bait n switch to get ahold of that sweet sweet TikTok user data.
I’m not going back until I find out why it went black because the CEO sold us out and now it says welcome back because of Trump I don’t trust it so I can say on YouTube and Bluesky. They traumatize me enough for one day.
if it comes back on I will not be joining TrumpTok...no interest in the inauguration.. no interest in maga propaganda...not trustworthy. I'll only rejoin if and when it's safe.
I don’t think that we can trust it now. It’s so sad, the end of an era. I am liking Blue Sky and Substack, here’s hoping they can improve their algorithms so we can find our people like we did on TikTok. 🙏🤞 Or, we just need to wait for the next good app to come along. ✌️
It’s back up but my gut is making me hold back. I don’t completely trust it. I feel like it’s coming back with conditions. I hope to know more on how this decision to turn it back on came about.
If it never would have went dark, I’d maybe still have some faith in the app and the platform. But that down time, gave them an opportunity to censor things &/or put in a new algorithm or something. Either way tho, it feels off. the 2 messages praising Trump when by law he couldn’t do anything 🤨🤔
Absolutely. No longer using any apps but this, Rednote, and skylight when it launches.
Rednote will be banned soon tho cuz it’s actually what they thought TikTok was 😂😂😂😂. They’re just so stupid in DC that they can’t research a damn thing.
Not advocating for not standing on our principles, but we’re dishonest if we act like sometimes we don’t have to “play the game.” Ppl “taking a principled stand” got us a felon instead of Kamala. The TT CEO taking a stand against DJT & the US gov does nothing for them or the 36 mil who lost income.
We can block all of them-this is about us and how we are able to share information so quickly and mobilize. If that changes we are out for sure but they can’t change it OR the algorithm overnight. 🤞🏼
Sometimes people protect us by playing a long game. Its good to be sus of this tiktok business but don’t loose sight of the fact that it is a powerful tool to help us all rise up stronger. Just wait and see whats up. The algorithms were manipulated way before this day so, chill.
Mine was glitchy and not allowing me to scroll through videos so I turned my phone off to see if it just needed a reset and now it says I have no internet connection but everything else is working fine. Also not available in the App Store
It’s gonna be Trump’s Shitter moment, guaranteed. What’s HORRIFYING is that TikTok has become the defacto cultural export in the online cultural market. And I’m sure it’ll be nonstop conservative propaganda. And that’s gonna affect other countries. This is gonna be BAD.
The United States is about to be the #1 proliferator of fascist propaganda via TikTok the #1 app for online cultural exports. The world needs to prepare for the tradwife, redpill, evangelical insanity & prepare their people to resist falling in those pipelines. I don’t have much faith, if I’m honest
If the Heritage Foundation is “smart” they’ll slow roll the take over, ya know, boiling water and frog metaphor. But while nefarious, I don’t know if I’d call them *smart* but I’m not a perfect judge of peoples intellect because I’m constantly shocked at stupid people lol
Side note: Yay! You're on here! Glad I found you again. 😀
I didn't catch all the handles of people I wanted to keep following before the ban happened. I'll only go back long enough to do that. But I already deleted the app and can't get back in. 🤷♀️
If TikTok comes back, "saved" by Trump and/or partially/fully owned by Meta we have two options. #1 We delete TT & scatter OR #2 We stay on TT, we watch, we learn, we group & PLAN. We use their arrogance of "winning" against them. If we scatter they'll pick us off faster. Something to think about.
Oh exactly. Also, I’m kind of glad people are flocking here on BlueSky and also to Reddit. Just hear me out. At least we can communicate in full sentences. We need to learn to communicate again. Use our words. We’ve got this for sure
Yeah but I think at this point, we kind of get where they’re going with this. Not sure it’s worth the risk while realizing any time spent on the app is making an American billionaire richer.
I consider option 2 as the most wise move. We need have cold brain and not acting by hormones. The kid is in the other side of the table, we need be the adult on this rhetoric.
organizing by what? using our voice? when has that ever worked? can’t organize when democracy falls. hitler made sure that everything catered to the german agenda by banning books, dismantling newspapers and allowing only german propaganda on radios. i’m good.
Don’t need Tik Tok. I actually have a job to go to! I appreciate your information but many do it so they can be lazy and not go get a real job:) Again, not everyone:)
I wont go back to it..... the selling of our information to advertisers to make trillions is what I fear, even if it's no longer sent to China, which I dont believe will change. Especially if Musk owns it now
As of now it’s not in the App Store. I won’t be going back. Not until we know who owns it. The fact that they are jerking us around isn’t right. Especially for the small businesses on the platform.
I bet $ Meta owns it!! There is a little speech bubble above your photo that says “thought” like it started doing on Facebook. I don’t trust this one bit. Something is off.
I don't trust it. How are we not being used as political pawns?? TT goes dark for hours and somehow saved by someone who isn't even president yet? ... Sus for sure.
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I’ll follow my fav TikTok ppl else where. #downwithmeta #downwithbillionares
It’s like the kid who pushed you down the slide is now pretending to comfort you.
This wasn’t done in good faith for the people, it’s just a PR stunt.
And I can’t get it back I tried in their website side still not working
TikTok had to go dark because of the SCOTUS decision. They solidified the law and established the perimeters.
There will be 90 more days of negotiation. I am hoping TikTok can prove that Meta is a domestic terrorist organization.
Tick-Tock TikTok… literally 🤭
AS STATE MEDIA.
Have some dignity and ban yourselves from Tik Tok.
It isn't your's anymore. It's Trump's.
#TikTokBan
#Fascism
#StateMedia
#anotherX
#TikTokIsFarRightOwned
Rednote will be banned soon tho cuz it’s actually what they thought TikTok was 😂😂😂😂. They’re just so stupid in DC that they can’t research a damn thing.
I didn't catch all the handles of people I wanted to keep following before the ban happened. I'll only go back long enough to do that. But I already deleted the app and can't get back in. 🤷♀️
A MAGA hellscape.