Submitted 4 weeks ago by kokesh@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/iktok-abu-dhabi-royal-family-stake-trump-deal-mgx
Whether it was tiktok under China or tiktok under the US I never found myself wanting to use the app and I don’t see that changing. I just dislike short form video content sites in general with it being filled with wannabe influencers fighting for attention. In a way its too social for me.
And maybe I’m just a no fun grump, but probably ended up being for the best that it never got its hooks in me.
This will mean there are two TikToks, right? I wonder who gets the videos that have already been uploaded, and who gets to start from scratch?
Why do you think there will be two tik tok ?
I see no mention of that in the article. It’s just various bastards sharing a business they stole in various shares.
There will be a US tiktok algorithm (full of racist white supremacist fascist stuff), and a RestOfTheWorld algorithm (with doorables labubu and other nonsense)
I wonder how the TikTok user base feels about this.
Having been someone who was once fully invested in it all and now being here, they likely don’t care or don’t understand enough to care. It’s like when the Arabian billionaires purchased pokemon go from niantic. Most of the platforms gamers didn’t care then ( at least those I know who still play that is) since the digital doesn’t yield the physical difference people (surface level folks) thinks it makes.
They’ll all go to Insta or YouTube shorts. If they care, I mean.
All the better for the beast to gather and use information about everyone.
TikTok US == LikKok
You mean short loveletters to dear leader in short video form?
Dragonstaff@leminal.space 4 weeks ago
This is part of a complete rightwing takeover of media. They used fear of China to make sure that they control every platform.
DNS@discuss.online 4 weeks ago
Hate to break it to you but the media as ALWAYS been rightwing; the outlets are owned by Oligarchs who benefit the most from in-class fighting among citizens as long as theyre distracted from the wealth inequality.
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Dragonstaff@leminal.space 4 weeks ago
Why be a dick? You don’t need to break anything to me. If you don’t understand that the present media consolidation is indeed novel, perhaps you should study history. But nothing I said suggested things used to be good.