Can't imagine the youth will be too bummed about their high energy video app being banned when they can just log onto blue sky and read sentences written by elder millennials
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I guess “never bothered with burning the music they downloaded to a cd” is about at the spot where you’d also find the youngest people that grew up in a world similar enough to my own to read as age peers
So I was watching a show with my kid the other day and I noticed they'd done an adaptation of OMC's How Bizarre and I realized, they'd finally done it. Someone bought the rights.
I'll lend them a burned copy of Comfort Eagle and see if we can't kick off bluesky's first viral challenge of trading in an MG for a white Chrysler Le Baron
170 million is the number I keep hearing and you can type into Google and see who won TikTok voters and it sure as fuck wasn’t Trump. And yes as a 45yo I get my news from TikTok. There are amazing independent journalists on there. Legacy media is propaganda.
I agree the ban was bad but TikTok news is just as likely to be propaganda and rarely provides sources. I keep seeing people act like TikTok was uniquely factual with no evidence
Noone is acting like that - the thing is TikTok was the platform that was closest to gender parity, and I've read it was closer to left/right, white/BIPOC parity if not majority left/BIPOC.
You had to filter the signal from the noise just like everywhere else, but there were a lot of voices there
You might not be seeing those posts, but I am. It's not "noone". The potential parity doesn’t really factor in when the claim to fame is an algorithm that will sort out for one's preferred voices. That can be good or bad, but it is a factor
I disagree. Banning a platform without a fair process or transparent reasoning stifles free expression and innovation. Young people deserve better than a "blue sky" alternative.
Been on there a couple days - it seems more like the IG replacement than anything. It works pretty much the same way and the content there is pretty close to what IG was like when it started. Lots of photographers posting pics with their iso and shutter speed mixed with thirst traps and furries
Exactly!! Imagine being raised by people to be kind and compassionate and then jumping in here and being told you're a moron by those SAME people because you liked to learn via video. Wild.
To be fair it’s probably not the same people. Annoys the shit out of me though, Gen X worked hard to dispel the gen below hate and other petty bullshit but now it’s creeping back in.
😂. True. It’s kind of funny reading the “welcome to BlueSky” posts for TikTok users. They won’t be coming here. They’ll post to Instagram instead is all.
As an elder millennial who is also missing my high energy video app, I am feeling all kinds of things about logging onto this app to read long sentences. But I got to get my fix, so here we are. Thank you for your patience and understanding #tiktokrefugee #tiktokban
A couple million from the CEO changes his opinion. And a seat at the table. It’s not China, China China anymore. It’s look at me, “day one, I saved Tik Tok.”
Has the inability to/lack of interest in comprehend(ing) complex ideas created an easily manipulated group of youngs that are very open to the crap this oligarchy is selling?
I think it's meant as self deprecation, it's what he is known for.
But I understand the reaction, not the best time for lighthearted jokes. Nerves are on edge right now, and for good reason.
My 20 year old and 16 year old are on discord far more than any other app. So they group text all day. They don’t like FB or IG they do like Snapchat but only watch comedy on The clock
My 18 yr old does not have TikTok. I told her a few years ago that she would have to choose between TikTok and achieving her goal of going to vet school since TikTok was a time suck. Still, even without it, it’s Snap all day, group texts, and sometimes IG.
I'm so happy you came up in my feed. Do you like the heart in a blender song?
People were using here's to the nights for their tt goodbyes. And it was like graduation all over again. Here's a toast to all those who hear me all too well has been my brainworm for decades (we're that old)
I’ve realized I’m going to need to back off this app while you train these people on sarcasm and humor. I didn’t realize we got to this level of not getting it, it’s insufferable in the comments.
For real, I'm blown away by the amount of people reading these very obvious jokes as if the posters seriously, literally believe the obvious joke elements of their posts.
Maybe yall should get better at communicating that through tone tags or idk don't make jokes at a time when people lost their jobs and millions of marginalized people are going to be extremely impacted by the loss of reach 🤷🏻
Not kidding Bluesky. We need safe assembly that demonstrates we are not having it. Must be simple and cheap. Park at your (usually free) library park wearing all black, walk to a local Hispanic or minority owned small biz nearby. Buy a small thing. Walk back. Go back to work. Every day next week
If only all the gens banned together to go after the real enemies... the fascists, the racists, the anti-semites, the corporatists, the oligarchs, the neo-Nazis, the misogynists, the xenophobes, instead of perpetuating the fabricated generational wars and sniping at each other.
The creators of the social media are abusers. They knew they had something addictive and made huge profits from it. They intentionally made it more addictive. Why we don’t look at it as a type of drug is puzzling. They should be held accountable.
That’s why a lot of them are heading towards Rednote, but I think you might be surprised how many people here have Tick Tock accounts. Tick Tock’s average age had already gone up significantly and many of the young had flitted away to new apps months ago.
If you think only zoomers rely on that app, you haven't spent time on it. Signed, a GenX TT content creator who, yes, also writes and reads sentences on Bluesky. 😜
There's so many people here that don't recognize Max as one of the most prolific old twitter accounts, famous for their humorous and snarky posts.
If you're in doubt next time they post, assume sarcasm.
They could also, y’know, just look at the TL. It’s right there. I know statistically American GenZ barely have above an elementary school education, and they have no idea how to actually research stuff on the internet, but still.
Of course, but the shit posting is annoying and elicits an obvious truth that those people have never used the app. That's kind of my point. It's equivalent to saying all bluesky is is a bunch of smug couch potato boomers. Yes, there likely are, but the community here is rich and diverse.
It's hilarious how you assume I don't understand the way in which humor is sometimes exaggerations of real life trends. My point is it wasn't funny, it was simple minded and condescending. I love humor and good shit posting, but this one is low bar.
This elder millennial was pretty bummed to leave a flaming crater of tt last night to find a vibe shift on here. This place seemed so chill even a month ago but it seems the unfunny snark content has arrived just in time to kick folks when they’re down.
The vibe in here right now is about the decline of America. We are deeply concerned about what the Oligarch is doing. They will take away whatever they want whenever they want. They already are.
That’s why it’s gone. They do not want the people to have the power. They can F off. I’m already a casualty of their choices. Keep using your voices and let them be heard.
Yup but I don’t trust it. How convenient this has all been for him. Start the push for the ban, let the last admin do the dirty work of enforcing it, then ride in on his white horse in time for inauguration? Smacks of collusion with the app owners and whoever has now purchased the US components.
TikTok is not our focus but it’s a puzzle piece in the overall control game we are witnessing. So it *is* part of what we care about, just not the biggest issue. There are bigger human rights at risk.
TikTok was a place that functioned as Twitter formerly did. In the same way I watched folks live tweet Arab spring I was getting on the ground videos from people in Gaza, the Cali wildfires, North Carolina after the storm, etc.
Two days ago i watched people livestream from large street protests in Serbia. I watched similar live streams from several different popular movements around the world in my time there. That’s why the app is being controlled. These are things that largely don’t make it to mainstream media.
Without independent reporting from folks who are actually where stuff is happening, we will be knowing less and less about exactly what human rights violations are happening. The loss of access to information and the controlling of narratives is something that should concern everyone.
Two weeks ago I would have said the same thing. The people participating are calling it the “ Digital Berlin Wall”. Many countries have now joined and it’s amazing seeing them connect for the first time.
I went to go read what the “Berlin wall” was and why dose it not only make sense but makes me think about the wall between us and Mexico put there to protect us from the “dangerous drugs and criminals”
It’s helping to keep everyone together until we can regroup somewhere else. Although everyone seems to have found new Chinese (and German, Australian, Canadian friends who followed to red note) 1/2
That is very true but it’s not a long term solution the the initial problem. Having a place to talk about politics that almost directly opposes our own government. That’s still banned on The little red book and most likely can’t get the like mass that TicToc did.
And, more importantly, have learned how well the rest of the world (even china) lives, and that we are a third world country whose govt is lying to us. 2/2
I had no idea the women retire at 55 and men at 60. They don’t have to retire then, but they begin earning their government pensions then. They can earn two incomes. AND, retirement income is not taxed.
Gen X here extremely bummed about my high energy video being banned even though I also log onto blue sky and read sentences. There’s just something about the spoken word.
IDK, tried TikTok and it was mostly hot girls doing unattractive things and bros earning ambulance rides trying poorly thought out stunts. I lasted about an hour trying to get a feel for it.
Nada. You can't even market a song on it. Vids too short.
I was talking to a gen z about seeing Daniel Johnston open for Neutral Milk Hotel, they said "isn't neutral milk hotel that nazi salute band that went viral on tik tok last year??"
exactly! Im Gen X and was definitely on there. it's not been an app for the youth for a very long time. this is one of those tell me you know nothing about TikTok without telling me you know nothing about TikTok.
Seriously, I’m missing it already and I’m gen x. I would flip thru tiktok, then Reddit, and finish here each day. I’m trying out other apps like Substack, but it’s basically here with a paywall. Sigh so not going to Meta.
I feel bad for GenY who got completely erased. they redid the colloquial use of "generations" in the late 2000s. GenX used to be 80's kids. GenY was 90's. Millenials were the kids born around the turn of the millenium. then they pushed it all back. made most of the 80's and all 90's kids millenials.
I’m an elder millennial myself and I’m bummed AF too. This app is better then meta and twitter anyhow so glad to be here but miss my doom scrolling.. 😔
Lol, you think this is a dunk, but it is not. The "youth" don't vote in large numbers compared to 35+. I tried to get the youth vote out for years, oh well. And since Gen Z shifted right, this elder millenial DGAF anymore. F them and their CCP Chinese espionage app. 🖕🏽
Opinions like this are why we have president musk. Youth thinks they know what's going on and just completely disrespect the "elder generation". America is lost. Thanks to the division between Red and Blue and Old and Young.
I think this resister is out. If y'all can't show even a modicum of....
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Highly recommend starting with Jimmy Eat World and spreading out from there
@halsparks.com should be in charge of re-educating the tiktokers of what pop culture was.
https://youtu.be/mhVBYFJ4Bxo?si=tiPEMIXR2gqLpT02
Thoughtful discourse (in a blender).
Litty! No cap!🧢
POV TikTok is banned
like my corvette
RELUCTANTLY CROUCHED AT THE STARTING LINE.
ENGINES BUMPING AND THUMPING IN TIME.
I mean the song not the dead guy. Although you probably shouldn’t sleep on Ol Blue Eyes’s corpse either.
🎷
I'm dying here.
Just gotta turn the engine
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But the engine doesn't turn ....
Also keep hearing that 50% of people under 30 got their news exclusively from TikTok & most voted for Trump. 😱
Are these numbers for real?
You had to filter the signal from the noise just like everywhere else, but there were a lot of voices there
#GenXVibes
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Sue Tzun.
I'm a Boomer!
Welcome to the eve6 account, new members, don't choke on the rinds.
But I understand the reaction, not the best time for lighthearted jokes. Nerves are on edge right now, and for good reason.
People were using here's to the nights for their tt goodbyes. And it was like graduation all over again. Here's a toast to all those who hear me all too well has been my brainworm for decades (we're that old)
Sincerely,
GenX
Had a side on you devil
They come to BluSky - and find nothing but faith in nothing.
BlueSky feels like a retirement home.
My ugly ass would never be able to enjoy video form content.
It’s like radio stars careers dying to TV stars..
If you're in doubt next time they post, assume sarcasm.
I know we're routinely ignored, and have been all our lives, but we should still wear it with pride.
To be transparent I am an elder millennial but a “cool” one.
Stupid classifications of age were invented to further divide people.
I welcome refugees.
Should have been in haiku form.
That's what we did in our day and we had a ball!
IDK, tried TikTok and it was mostly hot girls doing unattractive things and bros earning ambulance rides trying poorly thought out stunts. I lasted about an hour trying to get a feel for it.
Nada. You can't even market a song on it. Vids too short.
Signed,
A teenager parent.
(Never mind. Forgetting about us is normal.)
To whom it may concern -
Or worse, complete sentences from people born BEFORE THE INTERNET that have punctuation and words like rotary dial and car window crank.
Sincerely,
Me
Young folk hang on our every word! Even more so if we tell them what to think and how to vote!
I'm an boomer i will have you know.
I think this resister is out. If y'all can't show even a modicum of....
I do not know why my phone automatically capitalized old, young, red and blue.