The perfect way to kill a platform
this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2025
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TikTok was never good. Have at it.
Though, he is always free to start his own MAGA-themed video service, much like he did with Truth Social. I think the problem is — and if he doesn't know it, he's been advised, with crayons and hand puppets — that running a server serving video is orders of magnitude more expensive than running a server hosting a text-based social network.
TikTok and Instagram were never good, but they provided a platform for people on the streets to provide real time updates on current events that countered the state narrative/propaganda on main stream media.
TikTok and Instagram exposed the truth about the American empire to a significant portion of the population. They want to make sure it's all controlled state approved content, they want to eliminate our ability to reach eyes and ears.
So sure, have at the Chinese propaganda platform, but not without an alternative that allows us to reach wide audiences... And we don't have an alternative... Not enough people are on the fediverse and the learning curve is pretty massive.
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Tiktok was China's soft propaganda because they suppressed unfavorable content rather then promote favorable content. Trump going full MAGA with it would kill the platform because people use tiktok to stop thinking about distressing things. Not be exposed to more of it.
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He isn't even trying to be an American president. Only to his lie-loving MAGA.
Nah, cut the middleman and work on brains directly by using an ancient technique called lobotomy
Maga should totally mess around with social media censorship, worked out great in Indonesia
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Isn't tiktok a chinese asset? And hasn't china famously refused to dance to Trump's discordant tune?
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pretty sure cults are maga (talking about spawnism).