@MissConstrue

I personally am not a fan of TikTok and it's addictive nature. But, as you said, if it was really to make ppl's lives better, it would affect all of social media platforms.

You know what's it about? Gaza.

Israeli soldiers posted themselves committing war crimes on the platform and people all around the world saw what they were up to. And this was labelled as "Chinese Propaganda"...

@MissConstrue GenZ is really getting it these days... and that's not fair. They have done nothing to warrant the level of (legislative) attack they're under.
They are not liking their world and what the previous generations actions have done...and I cannot blame them.

Luigi is GenZ

@MissConstrue

With bonus "Won't you think of the CHILDREN!?!?"

@MissConstrue I am an oldie and joined simply to push my nieces follower count to a goal.

I found a wealth of mental health/ personal growth content and a growing cohort of men asking other men to do better. The site is as full of garbage as any other site but it pushes what you are looking for. If you want rage bait you will find rage bait, it is that simple. On other sites we have to “block” the content we do not want. I never blocked a thing on TikTok. If it was not appealing, a simple swipe made it go away. There are people healing like never before on that site and healthy people cannot be controlled.

@MissConstrue TikTok gets a lot of condescension from people who don’t use it, but my last few days on it my entire fyp was people telling stories of how it helped them start their business, get discovered by employers, educate themselves based on content from independent experts, gain the awareness and confidence to escape abusive relationships, etc etc

Also if it was such a National security risk, then why was like 50% of Washington on it? Right…

#tiktok #tiktokrefugee

@MissConstrue Well, except that TikTok wasn’t blocked at all. Bytedance itself decided to stop answering US-originated requests. There’s been no order to block; and no ISP taking that action.

What we’re seeing is a dance, moving around looking for bargaining chips. Pretending this is the govt blocking things is one of the feints in that dance.

@MissConstrue I say make this the first of many actions against any company, foreign or domestic, that surveils users. Now do X, FB and all the rest. As for the kids, the sooner they learn that they are just a commodity to all of these businesses the better.

They are the content makers and they will inhabit other spaces and bring their joy and energy with them. And I wish for them that their next stop is not owned by an oligarch, hegemon, or data-perv.

@MissConstrue I think it’s sad that influencing elections, data harvesting and causing suicidal ideation in teens is all fine as long as it’s a domestic company that is doing it.

We can damage and exploit our own, but you’re not doing it.
#TikTok

@MissConstrue

tell her about livejournal and myspace

i don't want to diminish her feelings but tech as been like this since it started

at my age, i'm used to it

@MissConstrue

While the second paragraph is the real meat of this post, I think.

This is what hit me the hardest because it is exactly the point I've been making with folks, digital “landmark was pointlessly destroyed by govt who clearly give no fucks about actual data security.”