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writerJT

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15. What an ignorant reply.

Sun Jan 19, 2025, 01:14 AM

Jan 19

There are millions of people who make a living on TikTok, promoting their businesses, conducting all of their business there, making money from affiliate links for their followers who follow them because they are providing interesting content.

But please, yeah, go ahead and keep pretending that you care one bit for the little guy and gal. 🙄

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Welp TikTok is not accessible. [View all] live love laugh Jan 19 OP

National security be damned. We're talking money here. Sneederbunk Jan 19 #1

Republicans working in collusion with the Chinese government, bending the knee to Xi. TheBlackAdder Jan 19 #12

Alas, millions of teenagers won't be have a place to post their selfie videos. Ocelot II Jan 19 #2

Have you been on TikTok? I didn't see teens and selfies there. I saw amazing contributors like Joy Reid, live love laugh Jan 19 #7

It's mostly young people. LeftInTX Jan 19 #11

And there's a lot more content than that--with young people who are politically savvy. live love laugh Jan 19 #16

I remember Savannah's case. It was so heartbreaking, eom vanessa_ca Jan 19 #48

There were a lot of fake psychics on Tik Tok LeftInTX Jan 19 #50

I wasn't on TikTok back then, but I did see those on Facebook and Youtube vanessa_ca Jan 19 #52

My FYP is on point, just as I like it! JoseBalow Jan 19 #23

Mine, too! I have managed to curate it to where I see the Nixie Jan 19 #43

It's obvious that the loudest voices against TikTok JoseBalow Jan 19 #44

Same here I_UndergroundPanther Jan 19 #29

They have places. Renew Deal Jan 19 #13

What an ignorant reply. writerJT Jan 19 #15

Lord Elmo should be buying it any minute now. CentralMass Jan 19 #3

Don't care vercetti2021 Jan 19 #4

It's a bit concerning what they value newdeal2 Jan 19 #8

Vercetti I_UndergroundPanther Jan 19 #30

This! Dem4life1234 Jan 19 #36

That 60s generation voted for Reagan and Trump. David__77 Jan 19 #37

What's worse, I read that the TT screen says something like, "but fortunately trump will intervene." Silent Type Jan 19 #5

It says: LeftInTX Jan 19 #9

Thanks. Was trying to find exact quote. Silent Type Jan 19 #10

But how will I poison my brain as quickly and thoroughly as possible? RockRaven Jan 19 #6

The old fashioned way Renew Deal Jan 19 #14

Don't fret, there's plenty of brain rotting material on cable TV. Mariana Jan 19 #21

At least I can follow Merv the cat on Instagram and this red whatever thing. nt yellowdogintexas Jan 19 #17

Joe is not enforcing the ban, and is passing the buck (THE BUCKS) to the extortionist usonian Jan 19 #18

I keep thinking about that meeting with Trump and TT CEO. live love laugh Jan 19 #19

Like the mideast cease fire. UPDATE usonian Jan 19 #20

Why would it make Biden look bad for the ban he signed to come to fruition? David__77 Jan 19 #38

See the enormously popular thread on kids blaming Biden for the bill, which had strong bipartisan support. usonian Jan 19 #41

I was able to access it on a desktop with my VPN set to Albania. BannonsLiver Jan 19 #22

Try the VPN set to Canada, it works for me. Dave Bowman Jan 19 #27

What vpn should I use I_UndergroundPanther Jan 19 #31

Thunder VPN is free and has no data limit. Dave Bowman Jan 19 #35

Fucking MAGA is losing their shit over the fucking thing. Lil Jr Fuckpants out front with the fuck shit and booger sugar SoFlaBro Jan 19 #24

Huh? live love laugh Jan 19 #25

I read some comments saying they will pull off Trump's wig in public JI7 Jan 19 #26

Sad I already miss tiktok I_UndergroundPanther Jan 19 #28

The fetid felon is saddling up his white steed -- ready to ride to the rescue. nt allegorical oracle Jan 19 #32

Meta was expecting to cash in but that's not happening. Cobalt Violet Jan 19 #33

I remember that. He spent almost $8 million lobbying against them vanessa_ca Jan 19 #51

Embarrassing how bad this party is at the Politics Thrill Jan 19 #34

Womp womp themaguffin Jan 19 #39

Whenever I opened it iemanja Jan 19 #40

The algorithm has to "learn" your preferences. live love laugh Jan 19 #42

Do you share a computer? Cuthbert Allgood Jan 19 #46

No, no one but me uses my computer. iemanja Jan 19 #47

So we're not at all worried about the free speech and oligarchy implications? Cuthbert Allgood Jan 19 #45

Trump is crediting it with him winning the election. Good enough for me to want to get rid of it. LeftInTX Jan 19 #49

Punishing 7 million American businesses is OK? Cobalt Violet Jan 19 #53

So is Tik Tok lying? LeftInTX Jan 19 #54