US should call their bluff. If Tiktok gets named, people will complain for a little bit until people forget and move on to what’s next. Why doesn’t an American company make something that’s practically identical? People will be all desperate for their 5 second dopamine rush that they will download anything.

They can’t, the algorithm is the best part about tiktok and none of the competitors come close.

That’s interesting, what’s so clever or original about its algorithm?

If I remember correctly from my rabbit hole, it tracks your viewing habits by a far wider list of variables and on a micromanaged scale. It can be annoying if you have someone sending you content you don’t like because viewing them will slot them into your feed immediately, but it’s just as quick to discard those things. I found it very easy to train for my interests in cooking, goblincore, and irrational humor.

Meanwhile, YT Shorts sees me watch one video then gives me nothing but that.