#social media

[climbingthefloors]

the us banning tiktok over fears of chinese influence prompting americans to flee to xiaohongshu (which translates to little red book - the same name as the famous red book of mao zedong quotations) and form instant connections with the chinese… you can't make this kind of irony up

[prokopetz]

Just throwing darts at this point, huh?

[a-rogue-tiddy-bot]

I love this. Normal citizens across the globe will always have more in common with each other than with our rulers.

Nope now it’s at the point that i’m shocked that people off tt don’t know what’s going down. I have no reach but i’ll sum it up anyway.

SCOTUS is hearing on the constitutionality of the ban as tiktok and creators are arguing that it is a violation of our first amendment rights to free speech, freedom of the press and freedom to assemble.

SCOTUS: tiktok bad, big security concern because china bad!

Tiktok lawyers: if china is such a concern why are you singling us out? Why not SHEIN or temu which collect far more information and are less transparent with their users?

SCOTUS (out loud): well you see we don’t like how users are communicating with each other, it’s making them more anti-american and china could disseminate pro china propaganda (get it? They literally said they do not like how we Speak or how we Assemble. Independent journalists reach their audience on tt meaning they have Press they want to suppress)

Tiktok users: this is fucking bullshit i don’t want to lose this community what should we do? We don’t want to go to meta or x because they both lobbied congress to ban tiktok (free market capitalism amirite? Paying off your local congressmen to suppress the competition is totally what the free market is about) but nothing else is like TikTok

A few users: what about xiaohongshu? It’s the Chinese version of tiktok (not quite, douyin is the chinese tiktok but it’s primarily for younger users so xiaohongshu was chosen)

16 hours later:

Tiktok as a community has chosen to collectively migrate TO a chinese owned app that is purely in Chinese out of utter spite and contempt for meta/x and the gov that is backing them.

My fyp is a mix of “i would rather mail memes to my friends than ever return to instagram reels” and “i will xerox my data to xi jinping myself i do not care i share my ss# with 5 other people anyway” and “im just getting ready for my day with my chinese made coffee maker and my Chinese made blowdryer and my chinese made clothing and listening to a podcast on my chinese made phone and get in my car running on chinese manufactured microchips but logging into a chinese social media? Too much for our gov!” etc.

So the government was scared that tiktok was creating a sense of class consciousness and tried to kill it but by doing so they sent us all to xiaohongshu. And now? Oh it’s adorable seeing this gov-manufactured divide be crossed in such a way.

This is adorable and so not what they were expecting. Im sure they were expecting a reluctant return to reels and shorts to fill the void but tiktokers said fuck that, we will forge connections across the world. Who you tell me is my enemy i will make my friend. That’s pretty damn cool.

[politijohn]

An interesting article worth the read

[utopicwork]

Jan 13, 2025

[allelitewrestlings]

reneepaquette: Morning media with the AEW World Champ!!!

[popcorntales]

Stanford Shelter: Lend a Paw! |01|

summary/context:

Every year, a group of devoted student volunteers work at Stanford Shelter to nurse abandoned animals back to health. This semester is no different, with seniors Art and YN, who have been part of the project for three years, assuming leadership roles. However, their routine is flipped on its head when the rich kid Patrick Zweig decides to volunteer unexpectedly.

AN:

This entire chapter is from YN's pov (I hate using YN but I don't have a choice now 😔) This was fun to make! We'll see if I continue...

Also I'm aware of the watermark on the Instagram messages but uhh I couldn't find another site that was this perfect so yeah

I'm still figuring out the layout so give me some time 🙏🙏

Also want to thank my hype woman @pparacxosm for motivating me to actually do this (ily Kaz)

[4vanaa]

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING, rafe cameron, 12

summary: y/n left the outer banks years ago, determined to build a life far from the memories of her childhood love, rafe cameron. now a botanist, she's moved on-though a quiet part of her still clings to the past. when an event brings her back to OBX, she's forced to confront the one person she never truly forgot.

cw: mature language | masterlist | 11 | 13 |

a/n: finally out of the angst(for a couple chapters at least)!! and ig this is a noah reveal ??!! tom welling is just so fine ughh. also i think ill post the next chapter tonight too!!

🏷️: @xoxo-ada @sabrina-carpenter-stan-account @sleepiibunniiii @urbrunettebombshell @sideboobrry11 @acidfeens @marleymarleymarleymarley @hadids-world @ursogorgeous1313 @louxmcl @cyberkitty1 @pogueprincesa

[dappercritter]

Sorry, can't let this stay in the tags

There seems to be a general malaise on most of Tumblr about TikTok getting banned in the United States.

I understand the problems, "brain rot", whatever but- A government banning a social media app that opened the world for many people is legitimately scary and upsetting. Say what you want but, there are MANY global and local issues that would not have gotten the same traction, recognition, and outreach without TikTok.

And then add to this that Meta/Facebook was one the largest lobbyists working to get TikTok banned... Like- I think folks should be more concerned about the implications of what this means, especially since the ban goes into effect the day before inauguration.

[tuesdaykiss]

“touching toes”

rafe cameron social media au

“he’s over more and more, had to give him a whole drawer. to be honest, kinda like seeing his trainers by the door.” — olivia dean, ‘touching toes’.

synopsis: after finishing her fashion studies at college in nyc, y/n moves to outerbanks to live with her grandparents. she worries about the loneliness that comes with being in a new place, knowing only her cousin topper and other relatives… that is until she is acquainted with a certain cameron.

part - 24 | 25 | 26

masterlist

soft launch: the subtle inclusion of the person you’re dating into your social media presence.

over the next few days and weeks, you integrated rafe into your social media more and more, growing comfortable with the idea of announcing your relationship online.

yourusername

liked by sarahcameron, rafecam and 9,916 others

yourusername dinner

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sarahcameron you a snack

sarahfan101 she smokes????

user she must be hanging with rafe too much

rafecam smoking 😜

user2 wdym by that 😔

topthornton my invite, where?

jjmaybank yeah and mine!

itscleo hottttttt

rafecam

liked by yourusername, sarahfan101 and 56,815 others

rafecam that’s what sea said

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jjmaybank gotta get that tatted on my boat

heywardpope no, no you dont

user they’re friends now???

sarahfan101 gotta be down to y/n for sure

ilovesarah i mean sarah is his sister so

user pls come home the kids miss you

user2 he’s so hot

user2 who tf is that girl

user3 my guess is y/n

sarahfan101 ding ding ding

topthornton

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topthornton teachin @/yourusername about the game

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boykelce sorry i couldn’t make it

yourusername thanks for your ticket 😉

jjmaybank should’ve given it to meeeee

user notice how rafe switched seats

user2 hmmm interesting

sarahcameron

liked by sarahfan101, sarahupdates and 562,690 others

sarahcameron my week in pictures 🐚

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yourusername the cutest ever

sarahcameron no that’s you baby

jjmaybank @/rafecam us stealing the show

sarahfan101 the car picture???

user who is it?

ilovesarah there’s no tag

kiaracarrera our beach queen

sarahupdates

liked by jjmaybank, user and 54,980 others

sarahupdates fans have started speculating about the potential crossover between sarah’s brother, rafe, and her friends, the pogues. what are your thoughts?

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jjmaybank pogues have gone GLOBAL

sarahfan101 it’s def down to y/n, i’m calling it

user yeah, i mean it’s only since she arrived so

user2 do you think her and rafe are a together?

sarahfan101 yeah 😔

your story

you enjoyed it; the unknown. nobody knew for certain what was going on… were you friends? dating? who knew? only the people you allowed to know.

of course, you knew you’d have to let the internet know at some point… but for now you enjoyed letting them guess.

meanwhile, rafe was spending more and more time at your home, becoming a vital part of the runnings of the house: making your grandparents’ coffee, drying the dishes as you cleaned them, etc.

everything was perfect… aside from his constant back and forth trips home for more clothes and the huge pile that resided in the corner of your room…

a/n: a very social media heavy chapter…

taglist: @my-name-is-baby @yesshewrites1 @urbrunettebombshell @leather-n-velvet @fruitcakerafe @littlefreak-liz @wdwbts101 @akobx @lossfairy @marleymarleymarleymarley @jjmaybankmylovee @mbella607 @scream4mami @mrsdrewstarkeyy @honeyluvsatj @rafegetinmybed @hypnotizedstarkey

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Musk, Zuckerberg and Trump all target Brazil in disinformation war

After Trump 2.0, these powerful men have eyes on Brazil next. Here’s what can be done to defend our democracy

“Latin American countries have secret courts that can order companies to quietly take things down.” Mark Zuckerberg’s mention of the region, in his announcement to end Meta’s fact-checking efforts in the US among other measures, was by no means a casualty. It’s a direct message to us and shows that the eyes of the most powerful men in the world are on our country – Brazil.

Last year, X was banned by the Brazilian Supreme Court for 40 days because of a law that Elon Musk refused to comply with: any international company operating here must have a legal representative in the country. When X felt the impact of losing one of the largest and most active user bases worldwide, Musk surrendered.

In addition to big tech moguls, Donald Trump also has his eyes on us. In the final days of 2024, he filed a request to the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok in the US. Brazil once again emerged, this time to ground the president-elect's claim. Echoing Zuckerberg and Musk, Trump adopted the false censorship narrative spread by Brazilian far-right politicians linked to former president Jair Bolsonaro to distort the reasons that led to the temporary ban of X.

“Another major Western democracy – Brazil – shut down another entire social-media platform, X (formerly known as Twitter), for more than a month, apparently based on that government’s desire to suppress disfavored political speech,” says the petition issued in December 2024.

Continue reading.

[dailyjance]

5th best underrated jance moment in 2024 - jan and nace at mark and ruby’s party

[manic-b10]

We’re getting paid in badges 😂🥇🎖️

what's a tumblr influencer? what am i influencing? my mental illness? 😭

[prokopetz]

Apparently a lot of my Tumblr posts have been getting used as fodder for shitty AI voice memes on various video hosting sites lately, because I've had multiple people pop up in my DMs over the past few days saying some variation of "holy shit, you're real", and I'm never 100% sure how to take that.

[tastefullyoffensive]

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