TikTok loses US Appeal

[T J Tutor]

But the people (most) are not useless shits or self promoters like Musk's Twitmo has become.
I am not try to market something or make money there.

Yeah, maybe. I haven't scoped it out myself. Have you signed up on the platform and checked it out for yourself?

The social platforms have really become a total shit fest in my opinion. With the bullshit of cloaked competitors, the costs, restrictions, and blackhat affiliates causing difficulties for the whitehat players, etc., etc., I'm quickly becoming very disillusioned with FB. If these ad costs on FB get any more costly I'll be putting everything in Google. My returns on the big G are holding steady but FB has become more work and less productive.

 

[Graybeard]

yeah, been using it all month and ignoring X mushland. But i see some troubles brewing --just made my first Block. They are maintaining block lists you can add to smooth the sailing community moderation is working rather well. It's a pleasant echo-chamber experience. unlike the trollverse that Twitter has become IMO.

'll be putting everything in Google. My returns on the big G are holding steady but FB has become more work and less productive.

Things change, some adapt

 

[azgold]

Have you tried:Bluesky

No, hadn't heard of it. It looks like Twitter X.

"Government censorship, scam accounts, celebrity impersonation, propaganda and a user revolt over a journalist accused of demonizing trans people — these are just some of the hurdles faced by the nascent social media platform Bluesky.

It's happening on YT, as well. Our own national broadcaster is one of the 'bad guys' claiming copyright ownership on videos they don't own, even the ones with watermarks of a different company on them.

What crazy times we're living in at the moment. Sure will be glad when things calm down.

 

[azgold]

But i see some troubles brewing --just made my first Block.

The social platforms have really become a total shit fest in my opinion.

My S-I-L has had his profile pic and name stolen so many times! Bad actors asking for money from his followers.

 

[Graybeard]

So the King-Elect thinks he can command 'his' Supreme Court from the golden throne at Mourge-el-Fatso ???


We will have to see how this plays out

 

[azgold]

As I recall from his last reign, his appointments to the Supreme bench very much aligned with his ideals, or at least him.

 

[Graybeard]

MOSCOW, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A Russian court on Friday fined TikTok three million roubles ($28,929.60) after finding it guilty of failing to abide by Russian legal restrictions on distributing certain kinds of information, the Moscow courts' press service said.

Even the Russians -- get a load of what 3 million roubles is worth these days ...

 

[karen1991]

Wasn't it not so popular in the US always?

 

[Graybeard]

They say current 170 Million US users.

Wasn't it not so popular in the US always?

If the Chinese government (as reported in Bloomberg) is considering selling TikTok to Musk --what does that tell you about Musk? What is the real quid pro quo here?

https://www.reuters.com/technology/over-half-million-tiktok-refugees-flock-chinas-rednote-2025-01-14/

>>>"Occasionally, however, the Americans veered into riskier territory.
“Is it ok to ask about how laws are different in China versus Hong Kong?” one American user asked.
“We prefer not to talk about that here,” a Chinese user responded.
Such impromptu cultural exchanges were taking place all across RedNote, known in China as Xiaohongshu, as the app surged to the top of U.S. download rankings this week."<<<

 

[Alan Saste]

Anyway, I'm already planning to move from TikTok to Xiaohongshu, which is sad because I've been running TikTok before, and I've already created 5 accounts for it .

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[Graybeard]

Capitulation ... [9-0 SCOTUS upholding the law as constitutional]

 

[azgold]

I haven't really kept up.....will Trump try reversing that decision or something?

I did see that new sites are scrambling to pick up the TT refugees.

 

[Graybeard]

Who knows? Trump is about Trump -- Megalomania
Reciprocity, China bans Facebook and Twitter (now:X) towards controlling news, limiting foreign influence, ensuring censorship, and to protect China's "national security."

 

[azgold]

Megalomania

We're run by that, too.

ensuring censorship

On a happy note.....our censorship bills were dumped when Trudeau prorogued our parliament. No more cops showing up if somebody didn't like your post for no particular reason. (no, didn't happen to me but happened to others) Gotta take the good with the bad, small victories are still victories, gotta celebrate them when you can.

 

[Graybeard]

No more cops showing up if somebody didn't like your post for no particular reason.

 

[Dana4328]

On a global scale, TikTok is only set to lose a certain percentage of its users in the U.S.—around 120 million.

 

[Graybeard]

170 million (but who is counting).

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was interested in Elon Musk or Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison buying it. Billionaire Frank McCourt's Project Liberty also created a consortium called “The People’s Bid,” which said it put an offer on the table.

The possibility of a TikTok sale once seemed remote. But in recent days, the idea has gained fresh momentum. Trump signed an executive order Monday giving ByteDance a 75-day extension to sell TikTok to a non-Chinese owner, effectively delaying the nationwide ban of the app that was originally set to take effect Sunday. The app’s U.S. operations have been valued at up to $50 billion if ByteDance does sell.

With Trump’s TikTok extension, new potential U.S. buyers emerge

YouTuber MrBeast, X owner Elon Musk and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison are names that have floated around in the past week.

www.nbcnews.com

Up in the air --but it is a forced sale by enrolled law --that is not in dispute.