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SomeGuy69 ,

YouTube shorts are already a thing.

Reddfugee42 ,

Once they get an algorithm that isn’t absolute shit, bam we’ll be good

geography082 ,

They will have to work

Kuori ,
@Kuori@hexbear.net avatar

do you not think content creation is work in general or just when young people do it

JCreazy ,

Depends on the content

Kuori ,
@Kuori@hexbear.net avatar

a coward, i see

gearheart ,

What usa tik tok creators?

card797 ,

I’m excited to find out!

clot27 ,
@clot27@lemm.ee avatar

Switch to ig reels or yt shorts

BigMikeInAustin ,

Better question: Will the world rejoice in having a social media network without Americans?

disguy_ovahea ,

It’s already banned in Afghanistan, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Taiwan, Denmark, European Union, France, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Somalia, and United Kingdom.

pbs.org/…/these-countries-have-already-banned-tik…

Max_P ,
@Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me avatar

A lot of these are partial bans. Canada for example only bans it for government issued phones which makes sense, there shouldn’t be any apps let alone social media apps on those devices.

alansuspect ,

Same with Australia. Seems a bit disingenuous to say it’s banned, it’s a government worker policy.

Instigate ,

And it’s also only banned on work devices. There’s no ban on government employees having TikTok on their personal phones, although I personally don’t.

alci ,

Sure. Exactly the same in France.

Zagorath ,
@Zagorath@aussie.zone avatar

Yeah same for Australia.

JenIsBringingTheDrugs ,

Same for Belgium

themurphy ,

That’s very inaccurate information.

It’s basically only the government officials who can’t have the app installed on their phones, for security reasons.

That’s it.

skullgiver ,
@skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl avatar

Am from the Netherlands. Can confirm TikTok hasn’t been blocked yet. I think the ban only applies to some government officials, and I don’t think it’s enforced well for most of those.

INHALE_VEGETABLES ,

A post so inaccurate it belongs on tic toc.

Crackhappy ,
@Crackhappy@lemmy.world avatar

I imagine all the clocks in their houses will just stop. Stop tick. Stop tock.

Crackhappy ,
@Crackhappy@lemmy.world avatar

Albeit I don’t know what the duck TikTok is. Just guessing.

user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

In case you’re serious, a video-centric social media. It focuses on short vertical videos. Naturally, they’re generally too short to have much useful information, so it’s mostly dumb addictive content, or straight up misinformation. It’s meant to feel like you’re not wasting time while you definitely are. “I am not spending 15 minutes to watch a normal video, I just watched a few (maybe 50) short (around 1 minute) videos.”

It’s like YouTube shorts.

TachyonTele ,

Who the fuck cares lmao

Kuori ,
@Kuori@hexbear.net avatar

the person who asked the question, obviously

scytale ,

They’ll just move on to the next available platform.

FmbyMF ,

Probably become nordVPN subscribers.

MissJinx ,
@MissJinx@lemmy.world avatar

I was going to ask this… doesn’t vpn work? Is VPN being bamed too?

TheMinions ,

I don’t know the specifics behind it, but even if VPN does work, or accessing TT through a web app instead of an app, that’s still 1-2 hurdles for the average user to jump through for their fix.

Some people will just not bother and then peace out to instagram reels or YT shorts or just drop off that kind of social media.

It fully depends on how many users are “savvy” enough to navigate those hurdles and how badly they want to navigate those hurdles.

In my experience when you’re working with a dedicated user base and you make a significant change, you can expect to lose around half your audience. Barriers to entry are probably going to increase that number, but obviously this is anecdotal evidence for future events.

queermunist ,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

They’ll have no choice but to go into the mountains and become guerilla fighters.

SuckMyWang ,

good riddance

MissJinx ,
@MissJinx@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/85a94feb-56f9-4595-880e-a6cbf7622269.jpeg

jimmydoreisalefty ,
@jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world avatar

Government censorship will cause TikTok’s services in the US to shut down, which will result in most users moving to another social media platform.

I think most people already use multiple platforms, so the only difference will be the time they put into their new main social media.

FalseMyrmidon ,

They'll move to another platform

BigMikeInAustin ,

Think of all the Russian jobs spreading misinformation on Tik Tok that will be lost!

doingthestuff ,

Oh no! Anyway…

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