runiq@feddit.org to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoTikTok users in the US can’t write ‘Epstein’ or see anti-Trump videoswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up1953arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1950arrow-down1external-linkTikTok users in the US can’t write ‘Epstein’ or see anti-Trump videoswww.independent.co.ukruniq@feddit.org to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square140fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·10 hours agoLarry Ellison will lose billions on this. TikTok will go the way of MySpace.
minus-squareMajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 hours agoIt seems like a no-lose for aspiring oligarchs, buying a social media platform with a large enough left and/or youth user base: muck with the algorithm until what remains is a new right-wing echo chamber; or accidentally sink the whole platform, but at least you wrecked a popular place for left-wing messaging; or somehow not meaningfully change the status quo, and end up with loads of user data and ad revenue.
minus-squaresejinaldo@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoI have a feeling they’re trying to see how much they can get away with before changing course.
minus-squareScroll Responsibly@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 hours agoOne can hope… but Twitter still exists and people were saying the same thing about that when Elmo bought it.
minus-squarePissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoYa. But he made it the new hate speech network. Anyone still there is very wrong for not leaving.
minus-squareWhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 hours agoThe only people on Twitter now are hateful right winged morons and crypto bros. Which also happen to not be mutually exclusive.
Larry Ellison will lose billions on this. TikTok will go the way of MySpace.
It seems like a no-lose for aspiring oligarchs, buying a social media platform with a large enough left and/or youth user base:
I have a feeling they’re trying to see how much they can get away with before changing course.
One can hope… but Twitter still exists and people were saying the same thing about that when Elmo bought it.
Ya. But he made it the new hate speech network. Anyone still there is very wrong for not leaving.
The only people on Twitter now are hateful right winged morons and crypto bros. Which also happen to not be mutually exclusive.
One can only hope.