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Re:Promotion of alternative social platforms policy by pjc50 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @01:37PM (#34040984)
It has been noted that Tiktok is not on the ban list, possibly because of Elon's personal decision to reinstate "libsoftiktok", a prominent harrasment account.

> equally popular with left-Democrats, right-Republicans, and unaffiliated-independents

A large number of forces are making this increasingly impossible.

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Re:Promotion of alternative social platforms policy by richbell on Sunday December 18, 2022 @01:38PM (#34041023)
Random unfounded speculation: he also doesn't want to risk souring his relationship with China.
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Re:Promotion of alternative social platforms policy by yucky on Sunday December 18, 2022 @01:53PM (#34041265) 

   > "libsoftiktok", a prominent harrasment account
What?

They literally post exact quotes that have aged poorly and/or posts that are evidence of clear double standards and hypocrisy. That's a public service if anything.

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Re:Promotion of alternative social platforms policy by charcircuit on Sunday December 18, 2022 @02:03PM (#34041453)
He didn't ban YouTube or Twitch either. TikTok isn't banned because it's not twitter like.
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