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millionsofbooks · 1 month ago

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something about the tiktok ban that i haven't really seen people here talking about is the experience of tiktok users not from the usa, which was, as far as i can tell, on the whole, very positive. it was actually really nice to, for a short period of time, be on a major social media network and able to interact with people across the world without usamericans constantly inserting themselves into every conversation.

usamericans kind of take over people's fyp regardless of where you're from. this is partly to do with the fact that the creators fund is only available to usamericans so most of the shitty content farms are from the us. then there's also the cultural aspect of the fact that being a citizen of the most powerful empire in the world is a significant privilege, and also a privilege that 99% of usamericans are seemingly unable to acknowledge, plus the us centrism and exceptionalism, plus the constant need to cast themselves as the underdog, and, well. it's annoying.

so, like. everything of what i've seen (which is not to say that other opinions don't exist, just that i haven't seen them) is that it was really nice when the usamericans were gone, and it kind of sucks that they're back.

#tiktok ban #<- for those who are (very justifiably) sick of hearing about this #anyway also important to note that 99% of what ive seen has been from europeans canadians and australians #and i can guess that for people from asian african and south american countries it was probably just their feed being taken over by #other annoying english speakers rather than usamericans #and the 'commonwealth tiktok' thing (especially the fact that its referring to specifically uk canada and australia #and NO OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES)#is uh. not great!#so im not saying like. magical utopia where everyone was equal #but im just saying that. idk there is no global major social media that isn't overrun with usamericans #and for about a day there was #anyway would be cool to hear from other non-usamericans!#especially if you're not european nor from from a european settler state #question is there a specific word/phrase that would include the citizens of countries like the usa/canada/australia/etc #but not the indigenous people of those places?#and no just saying white doesnt work because in those countries non-indigenous minority ethnic groups are still there under #the authority of a colonial government #and also im talking about privilege along the axis of nationality here as opposed to race/ethnicity #and the question of nationality gets complicated when we're talking about specifically the indigenous people of #an area currently controlled by a settled colonial state #ALSO also in regards to the fact that the whole thing was a trump propaganda stunt #and that there's now censorship of things trump doesnt like #its yet another example of how everyone else in the world gets directly affected by us politics #despite the fact that in this case the social media isnt even a us company #and not to say that it doesnt also suck for usamericans #many of whom voted for harris #but also. at least you got a vote.#the rest of us just have to live with the fact that whoever you guys elect will have a direct impact on our lives #and usamericans just don't experience this. like e.g. british elections have no impact on your lives #but your elections have a massive impact on our lives (and even worse for countries in the global south)

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