Re:TikTok goes dark in the US
by genocidicbunny on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:42PM
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Regardless, the parent is correct. If you're reliant on a single platform, for whatever reasons, you're vulnerable to being fucked over by that platform. Practically speaking, how is TT being banned different than being arbitrarily banned from TT?
Re:TikTok goes dark in the US
by t-writescode on Saturday January 18, 2025 @11:59PM
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And we put PayPal and Google on blast every time they ban a creator because they are more than one of many, they’re the main place everyone goes.
Re:TikTok goes dark in the US
by genocidicbunny on Sunday January 19, 2025 @12:16AM
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No, we don't. Most of the people affected end up just moving on. It's only a few rare instances where someone has enough of an audience to 'put them on blast'.
We utilize every platform equally. TikTok organically grew at least 5x the followership for our business, meanwhile Meta gouges us for advertising to be seen at all and we see worse results and interactions there.
The ban of TikTok will have resounding effects even if people are utilizing the alternatives. I've seen far too many people who haven't used TikTok and the alternatives for their business, or are not business owners at all, declare their opinions as facts when they have no actual experience in this space.
I'm not saying this explicitly includes you, I don't make presumptions about your experience in this space.