I never used TikTok. The idea of making every post a video just sounds exhausting to me. But anyone saying "who fucking cares I hated the place" is missing the gigantic fucking point: the US government has entirely banned a communications platform it couldn't directly control. That's so fucked up. - ThreadSky

thefeloniousmonk.com • 88 days ago

I never used TikTok. The idea of making every post a video just sounds exhausting to me. But anyone saying "who fucking cares I hated the place" is missing the gigantic fucking point: the US government has entirely banned a communications platform it couldn't directly control.

That's so fucked up.

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chantalsavilleygk.bsky.social•88 days ago

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moxiest.art•88 days ago

It's also completely fucking over creators whose entire revenue stream is that app.

People are so quick to think of all creators as rich influencers who make a mint of shitty product endorsements but that's just a very loud 1%.

People are completely fucked right now.

thefeloniousmonk.com•88 days ago

Yeah, people get that shit wrong too. Content creation is like gold mining. 1% make 99% of the money and make it look lucrative while most people are making near minimum wage.

moxiest.art•88 days ago

It's also subject to wild swings that are at the mercy of an algorithm and the mood of a few people being not into you for a little while and punting you down to unknown status instantly. Taking you from less than min wage to solid money to less than min, over the course of three years.

thefeloniousmonk.com•88 days ago

100%. A decade ago we chased the SEO algo. Now it's all the content platform algo.

randomjeweler.bsky.social•88 days ago

Yes I have a face for text but everyone was enjoying themselves and the government just ruined it

flavorcryptid.bsky.social•88 days ago

I'm forever dubious about any real value it provided to society. However, this entire spectacle has performed an inadvertent public service by putting a spotlight on the perils of corporate and government censorship.

foxtailfcs.com•88 days ago

You literally just had it spelled out for you that people were using it to generate income, both directly through the app, and by using it to market their business. People found communities, education, real world, unfiltered news stories. Your opinion doesn't actually determine it's value.

bardinbrief.bsky.social•88 days ago

Do they directly control what's on Bluesky?

thefeloniousmonk.com•88 days ago

It's an open protocol, so the data here is broadly accessible. That's not the case with TikTok.

bardinbrief.bsky.social•88 days ago

Okay, bad example. Do they directly control what's on Twitter and Facebook?

toygunhitman.bsky.social•88 days ago

Zuck is an oligarch who is happy to help the government with your data, especially if it pays. Musk is an oligarch who is going to be a government official.

thefeloniousmonk.com•88 days ago

Very much so.

amysgig.bsky.social•88 days ago

Facts, friend. It’s our New World Order.

leahmcelrath.bsky.social•88 days ago

It was an important place of community for some, many of whom are bed-ridden or largely housebound.
https://bsky.app/profile/leahmcelrath.bsky.social/post/3lg2wzf4xvs2q

moll.dev•88 days ago

I'm hoping those people were able to make connections outside of tiktok in the months leading up to the ban

mxnectarine.bsky.social•88 days ago

And simultaneously killing off the revenue stream for a lot of people, many of them people who will find it very hard to replace

mxnectarine.bsky.social•88 days ago

Science communicator, crafters, musicians, e-girls; are they supposed to go work at Subway now?

mxnectarine.bsky.social•88 days ago

(Not being flippant, I honestly think it’s sad)

debbshock.com•88 days ago

agree 100%. I never bothered with it but that's not the point.

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