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TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
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Maybe this shitslurry of a deal will stain the platform with enough GOP stink that even the most brainrotted kids will leave it behind for less foul smelling alternatives
They won't, they're addicted (I say this as a sporadic TT user). Look at how shit FB has gotten, yet people still hang around. Tiktok's algo is 100x more addictive.
The only positive for TT for me personally was that the bot problem wasn't as bad on it compared to other social media. I bet that will change pretty quickly.
Xitter had a very sharp worsening as a platform, and yet, somehow, still remains very relevant.
Didn't over half the real users leave? Feels like it's basically a handful of nazis, many nazi bots, and a few media people for businesses.
The younguns skew right nowadays due to podcasters like Tate and Rogan.