#what’s happening with tiktok

[bakerstreet-and-beyond]

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.

[mossribcage]

just remember, kids: if someone is trying to convince you to incite violence, they are a fed

[sky-is-the-limit]

The US needs to get a fucking spine, that's all I know. Peaceful protests can't do shit and Luigi has done more with a single action than all of those protests together. You have a foreign billionaire nazi saluting your country on national television. Wake the fuck up.

[mikeluciraphgabe]

Opened TikTok, saw the message, closed TikTok, opened TikTok again so I could react with people about, crumbled in realization that we are unable to group together anymore

[morganbritton132]

Towards the start of Eddie’s popularity on Tiktok, he gets stopped at the park by one those Tiktokers that stop people in public and ask them questions.

Eddie’s game to talk so they’re having a little conversation when a man runs by, slaps him on the ass, and says all breathy, “Looking good, Munson.” Then they’re gone.

The video blows up and people are offended on Eddie behalf that he was assaulted by this jogger. People even slow the footage down to try to see what the guy looked like but he was wearing sunglasses and a hoodie so there’s no good angle.

Eddie responds to it all with a video from his car like. “Guys, relax. It was my husband.”

He then pans the camera over to the passenger seat of the car to what is pretty much just an ass shot because Steve has his top half hanging out the car window so he can argue with Dustin and Mike. Eddie’s just like, “See. Same shorts.”

He has a hold of the waistband of said shorts because he does not trust Steve not to fall out the window. Though he does let go to pinch Steve on the ass. “And now we’re even.”

Steve sticks his hand back in the car and swats at Eddie’s hand, and then just holds it. Eddie turns the camera back to himself and ends the video with a pleased smile on his face.

[jackie-gremlin-ghost]

Axolotl: You must do something that I was not willing to do all those eons ago.

Bill: FULFILL DESTINY, RIGHT?

Axolotl: No… Get some therapy.

[comradekarin]

as someone that’s currently a sophomore in college that attends through federal parent plus loans and scholarships money from my school (and has family that’s on federal assistance programs)…. this is very scary guys. and super fucking illegal. i expect a bunch of lawsuits to result from this because he literally can not do this. with that said, where’s the anything but dems coalition at? are we as upset about this as we were about the tikTok ban or? 🌚

****edit**** see what people say when they don’t have a response back to you pointing out a fact that shakes their bigoted brains LMAO

[gachagon]

Going back and forth between Rednote and Tiktok is so funny because on Rednote it's legit nothing but good vibes and people posting their daily lives, and then on Tiktok there's people acting as if downloading Rednote will summon Ji Xinping himself in their room.

"G-guys if I post on there about insert topic d-do you think the post will be....taken down? I heard there's...censorship on that scary new, chinese app so I just want to know before I go over there :(("

I've started to just tell people to go and see for themselves instead of wasting time asking random foreigners about the app lol. Chinese people are human and are not going to kill you because you posted about being gay or trans or being a furry T_T

Is this to say that there are no bigots in China? Obviously not, but it's a fucking country of millions and millions of people who all have differing ideas and opinions...just like the USA.

I don't understand how some people on tiktok who claim to not be racist or xenophobic can say all of this shit about a chinese majority app with no introspection whatsoever.

"B-but you can't post about insert topic on Rednote! That's bad because it's censorship!!" oh you mean like how American websites have become heavily censored in the last year or so? How people on tiktok can't even say the word "Rape" or "Pedophile" without having their video taken down regardless of the context of said video? All of the things you "can't" do on American social media, you can't do on Rednote T_T I don't know why people are going over to an app and trying to talk about things they already know they'd be suppressed over here for talking about lol.

Also some of those tiktok videos saying "Rednote censors these topics!" are misinformed because a lot of Rednote users have said that they can talk about those topics, it's just that there are ways to do it and dedicated hashtags for it etc and a lot of my fellow Americans are ignorant about all of these new things.

[sweeetsh]

no genocide au rinaltan <3

[nyleve-exists]

I actually can’t believe TikTok is gone

I did not expect to open the app at 10:33 pm on the 18th and see that TikTok was already banned. Lowkey so mad because I had a lot of stuff I wanted to save before the 19th and I had opened TikTok to do that. Just so angry and disappointed tbh. I know that TikTok probably won’t stay banned but if it does I’ll be so mad oh my gosh because there was a lot I wanted to save 😭

[mydownloadedfyp]

Not my vid

[free-luigi]

We knew censorship was coming

I hope this blog doesn’t get shut down.

[cryiling]

thinking about that bkdk edating in middle school trope, except they're amino boyfriends 💀

they meet on an all might amino community. katsuki is one of the community mods, and izuku is the leader of an analysis club on there. izuku's posts were often featured and very popular in the community (he was def a microcelebrity), and katsuki always gave him a ton of amino coins on his posts.

for a challenge he's hosting for his club, izuku makes a huge deep-dive post analyzing all might's rise to fame in his bronze age. this post gets close to 10k likes, and katsuki gifts him 5k amino coins on the post. when izuku sees that number, he freaks out and assumes it must be a mistake since that's a huge number, who in their right mind would give him that much money??

he messages katsuki (who's username is 𝓓𝔂𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 ⛓️💥) (LMAOOOOO) and asks if the amount of coins was a mistake + offers to give them back. katsuki tells him that there was no mistake, and that he just really liked izuku's post. izuku is really flattered that this guy liked his analysis so much, and they continue texting back and forth for a while.

they follow each other and put each other in their bios under "bffs," and a month or two after that, they officially become boyfriends. izuku buys amino+ using all the coins katsuki had given him (katsuki keeps spending his allowance to buy more amino coins so he's super rich). they start matching profile themes after that, switching to a new theme every month. they have matching profile frames and chat bubbles and everything, and izuku makes a sticker pack of all might faces to use when texting katsuki (sometimes katsuki uses the stickers too, but only when texting izuku)

everyone on all might amino knows they're dating, since they're both such high-profile people in the community. they become the community's it-couple, and people love commenting on their walls how cute their matching profiles are. katsuki comments under all of izuku's posts praising his analysis, and izuku always replies with a string of all might heart-eye stickers.

6 months into their relationship, izuku tells katsuki he can call him by his real name. up until now, izuku had gone by the nickname "golden" in honor of all might's golden age. when izuku tells katsuki his name, though, he doesn't get a response. the next day, izuku wakes up to find that katsuki's profile has been deleted entirely.

izuku feels like throwing up. he doesn't know what happened to dynamight, if he caused this, what could have caused this. he debates deleting his account too, ashamed and confused and hurt, but ultimately decides against it. he changes his profile theme back to an aesthetic picture set of all might in his iconic golden age pose, and continues posting on all might amino as if nothing happened. he doesn't reach out to new people on amino again.

when izuku gets into ua and his workload drastically increases, he stops finding time to post on amino, eventually deleting the app entirely (his profile stays up, though).

in second year, izuku is sitting in the common room with his friends, somehow having been roped into a conversation about dating. "you've never been in a relationship before, have you, deku-kun?" uraraka asks him.

his friends' eyes all focus on him, and he blushes. "well, i had an online boyfriend in middle school, but i'm not sure if that counts." his friends gape at him, clearly surprised. some other people lingering about in the common area also tune into the conversation. katsuki is one of them.

"really, midoriya-kun?" iida says, doing his best to hide his blatant shock. "i must say, that sounds rather out of character for you!"

"did you guys break up or something?" todoroki asks.

izuku grimaces, remembering what happened. "i told him my real name, and then he deleted his account. i think it was because of my name, but I guess i don't know for sure."

uraraka frowns. "that sucks! he didn't deserve you anyway. what an asshole move." the rest of izuku's friends nod in agreement at that. out of the corner of his eye, izuku sees katsuki get up from his armchair and storm out of the room.

months later, izuku and katsuki finally start dating for real. izuku is so overwhelmed with happiness, and katsuki's eyes light up every time he sees izuku. one night, though, katsuki pulls him aside. "there's something i need to tell you."

izuku frowns in confusion. "what's up?"

katsuki takes a deep breath. "...i'm dynamight."

this does not clear izuku's confusion. "um... yeah, i know what your hero name is."

"no, it's-" katsuki cuts himself off, then starts again. "i was dynamight on amino, too."

izuku feels his heart drop. he's not sure what katsuki is saying, why he's bringing it up. "you... we were... you mean we dated back in middle school?"

katsuki nods, eyes on the floor. he doesn't say anything else.

"why did you..." izuku licks his lips in apprehension. "why did you delete your account?"

katsuki is silent for a moment. "i freaked out when i found out who you were," he finally says. "i mean, you know how i was treating you in real life back then. and we had been texting all that time, and i had been comforting you from the bullying you were going through, only to realize it was me who was- i didn't... i didn't know what to say. and obviously i was really immature at the time and wasn't ready to process my feelings yet. but that whole thing helped me realize my feelings for you, even though i didn't want to accept that at the time.

"but," katsuki continues, clearly on a roll now, "that still doesn't excuse what i did. it was a shitty move. and i know i've apologized for how i bullied you before, but i'm sorry for this, too, izuku. i know i hurt your feelings. i swear i'll be a better boyfriend this time, i promise. uh- only if... if you still want to be together."

izuku can't even think of what to say for a moment, still silently reeling at katsuki's confession. eventually he says, "no, i- i get it. we were both pretty immature at the time, and to be honest i kind of got over it a while ago. but," he smiles, "that apology really means a lot to me. and of course i still want to be with you."

he leans in to kiss katsuki briefly. izuku doesn't think he'll ever get used to that.

katsuki rests his forehead against izuku's, eyes taking in izuku's face. "i swear i'll be an even better boyfriend than dynamight was, golden."

and then they lived happily ever after :>

[ricky-mortis]

Curtwen Week Day 6: Happy Ending

[real-odark]

rip billy flynn you wouldve loved social media misinterpreting your song