And they’re already kissing Trump’s ass

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    I know bad for democracy and everything but

    This app has done nothing positive for my life, arguably began my social media addiction, filled my brain with negative content at the height of COVID and severely impacted my mental health

    I don’t think governments should ban platforns. But do I think TikTok should have ever existed? No

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        it is a me problem

        you want to subject yourself to doomscrolling and unresticted data collection? go ahead. i dont give 2 shits

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          Yes, it’s a you problem that you can’t control how you interact with your glass rectangle.

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      It helped my spouse deal with medical trauma by finding content creators expressing similar experiences. It worked better than any of the support groups which often felt more hopeless and isolating.

      At this point though my spouse just hates instagram reels and how chaotic and pointless this is shaking out to be.

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      I dunno. Thanks to Black creators there, I learned about Tulsa, Rosewood, a lot about America indigenous culture, learned about the cops city protests and actions…

      Sounds like TikTok was very good for democracy.

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          You would think… but those aren’t taught.

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        I find Tiktok haters funny. Vast majority aren’t users, and when you do find a user and they disparage the content, it’s pretty obvious that it’s a them problem and not a tiktok problem.

        If you want tiktok to be cooking videos, just like nothing but cooking videos. If you want it to be about palestine, then like that content. If you want to be in MAGAtok, well that exists too. If you see nothing but thirst traps, that’s because those are the videos you actually fully watch. Your fyp page is just a mirror into yourself.

        The only haters I can agree with are the ones who say “too many ads”

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      14 hours ago

      And yet most of it’s users are either to stupid or addicted to see the issue and just switch to RedNote, no questions asked. Which in turn nullifies the ban altogether.

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      13 hours ago

      If not for TikTok Israel’s genocide would have gone unreported in Western media and censored on US social media.

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        I don’t use TikTok but I knew plenty about Israel’s actions. It was all over the internet and plenty of news sources.

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          10 hours ago

          Yeah because teens love opening the paper in the morning and reading about how Israel is “liberating” Palestine?