this is...a million dollar question that i really don't know what to think!!! but let's explore a few possible outcomes —
1. it goes bye bye, Meta buys it, it enshitifies, the end (most likely)
2. it goes bye bye, Trump "saves" it for a boost in cred, it still goes to Meta, enshitifies, etc.
3. it goes bye bye, Trump "saves" it, it stays with China and starts a four year "war on China" which introduces, like, "digital tariffs" or some shit
4. it goes away, it doesn't get bought/goes to not-Meta, languishes, dies, becomes Vine
5. somehow the lawsuit doesn't go through, everything remains the same, people forget this was even a big deal to begin with
so these are...all fine! not great — and i really wonder what a VPN-driven TikTok world will look like, as i think that will be a big "thing" too (which could eventually influence things or produce a similar situation to X in Brazil, a la huge fines for VPN use). i worry (obvs) about this silencing so many but i do believe there will be migration elsewhere, not just to Reels but also to Shorts and emerging platforms that have been waiting for this.
from the outside, it's going to have a HUGE impact on international culture as American tiktok is THE tiktok. what will it mean to have Hollywood 5.0 disappear? will that eat away at a key part of American pop cultural dominance? it might! anyway, perhaps we'll muse on this next week. what do you think??
“Pantone’s soft squirt color of the year” took me out. I cannot 💩
like chocolate is great but...yall read the room
crinkle cookies on red carpets 2025
would love to see it
U think trump will reverse the tik tok ban?
this is...a million dollar question that i really don't know what to think!!! but let's explore a few possible outcomes —
1. it goes bye bye, Meta buys it, it enshitifies, the end (most likely)
2. it goes bye bye, Trump "saves" it for a boost in cred, it still goes to Meta, enshitifies, etc.
3. it goes bye bye, Trump "saves" it, it stays with China and starts a four year "war on China" which introduces, like, "digital tariffs" or some shit
4. it goes away, it doesn't get bought/goes to not-Meta, languishes, dies, becomes Vine
5. somehow the lawsuit doesn't go through, everything remains the same, people forget this was even a big deal to begin with
so these are...all fine! not great — and i really wonder what a VPN-driven TikTok world will look like, as i think that will be a big "thing" too (which could eventually influence things or produce a similar situation to X in Brazil, a la huge fines for VPN use). i worry (obvs) about this silencing so many but i do believe there will be migration elsewhere, not just to Reels but also to Shorts and emerging platforms that have been waiting for this.
from the outside, it's going to have a HUGE impact on international culture as American tiktok is THE tiktok. what will it mean to have Hollywood 5.0 disappear? will that eat away at a key part of American pop cultural dominance? it might! anyway, perhaps we'll muse on this next week. what do you think??