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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by mschuster91 on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @05:10AM (#21134576)
> Tik Tok is almost the new Vine, but less restrictive and more engaging.

Less restrictive? Just look at what they do to LGBT content: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/26/tiktoks-l...

Additionally, it's Chinese and thus likely to be in the target list of economic sanctions. For once, something good could result out of the cringefest that is the US-China trade war.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by josephpmay on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @07:31AM (#21135270)
I use Tik Tok every day and like a good percentage of the content it shows me I’d consider “gay.” They may have restricted LGBT content in the past, but they definitely don’t now.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by sergent_moon on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:52AM (#21135827)
I believe the LGBT+ restrictions are all regionally applied.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by chrisjc on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @02:48PM (#21139554)
I smell an opportunity for Facebook. Appeal to the disenfranchised and oppressed.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by pysxul on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @05:14AM (#21134585)
How is that any different from twitter enforcing it the other way around?
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by simias on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @05:17AM (#21134600)
The parent were comparing Tik Tok to Vine, what does Twitter have to do with anything?
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg misunderstands the threat of TikTok by armenarmen on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @05:28AM (#21134658)
Twitter bought then killed vine...
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