#conspiracy theory: this is all to fuck with ca because influencers live there and with the la fires

[plantsandpies]

Banning TikTok has so many consequences that I don’t think people know about, so let’s get into it!

Let’s start off with the non-government related stuff!

1) small business owners who were using TikTok to advertise are going to have their sales down plummet even if they do post on more than one site as a creator could have 10k on YouTube but 100k on TikTok, meaning their audience has shrunk by a lot.

2) adding to that, anyone who made income off of TikTok in general is going to be scrambling to either a) make it on a different platform which is more difficult because of the algorithm or b) have to find a new job really quickly. This is going be difficult given the job market, their very public social media presence, and a gap in work. I have a feeling a lot of them will loose their homes or have to move back in with family/friends or get a large rise in homelessness (which has already happened given the la fires).

3) we are going to be seeing a lot of content from these creators on YouTube. They might move to instagram, but it seems unlikely given the difference in how payment works and how influencing works. TikTok influencers are more likely to do better on YouTube, so prepare to see more people on shorts or even long form videos.

4) we are loosing easy contact with a lot of the world, keeping us and other countries in the dark about what is happening in and outside of the country. Obviously we are not completely blocked, but it will be much harder.

5) many people will migrate to red note, which is lovely, but the Chinese government already has a problem with this. This might cause a split and then we will be in this same situation again but with a different app.

6) Either, a) people’s brains will become less serotonin dependent on swiping videos (Washington post collected data showing the people who gave the data have swiped over nine hundred miles I believe) or b) this is the far more likely scenario, other apps will try to recreate this feeling, which they already have just not to TikTok’s extent.

!Now we are onto politics!

1) this case will now be a reference for other cases involving social media and data collection. This means should another app like red note go through this, it won’t be as much of a fight because of this case.

2) Trump is playing good guy, which is going to sway younger citizens who don’t have good analysis skills and putting two and two together. If he somehow makes it so he runs again, I think more people will be on his side because of this, despite his horrible views and leadership.

3) TikTok will most likely (if it becomes unbanned) will be monitored by the us government. Not that it wasn’t already in some capacity, however it will be looked at more closely. I have a feeling if something similar like the trump seating prank from 2020 is trying to be organized again, they will immediately shut it down. Negative news about the government will probably be blocked and our lives will be much more controlled. If any news about police brutality, feminism, or racism is trying to spread around, it won’t be. Or at least, not at the same reach it had before.

!My WISHFUL thinking of events that will NEVER happen!

I really hope that red note stays and that trump gets his rep burned throughout his presidency despite him “saving” TikTok. I also hope that this will have people fighting more against the government and how the work system works if red note does get banned. Because now that there’s less serotonin people will realize how much their job actually takes and a revolution forms.

To end this all, I leave you will this,

“If anyone ever says, “the government wouldn’t do that!” Oh yes they would.”