Saxon Posted January 16 Posted January 16 TikTok is different because it comes from a place without freedom of speech. It has no place on either European or US market. It's not paper towels or whatever they order from the Chinese, it's a tool of terrible influence, and we don't need their dictatorship values in our homes. 3
NotHereToPlayGames Posted January 16 Posted January 16 I agree. But look at the userbase! The userbase here in the USA is already migrating to Red Note - which is also based in China. The USERBASE of TikTok (I have a 24yr old daughter on TikTok) couldn't even tell you who our Vice President is! Let alone "care" about political underpinnings of their "beloved" source of what they call "influencers". The USERBASE is "smart enough" to see their "feeds" as influencers, their terminology, but not smart enough to connect the dotted line between "influence" and "brain-washed censored mind-control propaganda". 1
Klemper Posted January 17 Posted January 17 On 1/16/2025 at 3:37 PM, NotHereToPlayGames said: I have a 24yr old daughter on TikTok Too old for TikTok, they are mostly about 14-21. The age is more like for Insta or Facebook.
NotHereToPlayGames Posted January 17 Posted January 17 Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299771/tiktok-global-user-age-distribution/
D.Draker Posted January 17 Posted January 17 17 hours ago, Klemper said: Too old for TikTok, they are mostly about 14-21. The age is more like for Insta or Facebook. Nah, she's still fine for TikTok, but too old to date D.Draker, oh no wait a minute, 24? It's the upper limit I had to choose in the dating App, they only allow 18-24. OMG, why?!?! I'd wanna choose 18-22. 22 and 24 is a huge gap. 24 is a no go, she would wanna have kids, a family, she would wanna you to have a good job. Ideally, you want 18, 19 at the max. Older ones are usually spoiled by the rich parents and over-dated. It's disgusting to even think she compares you to the many boyfriends she already had at her 24, Now, copy/paste my raving wisdom for the future use. I tried TikTok, it totally sucks for dating, too many ugly ones, not to mention their over-protective self esteem. I'm glad they decided to block it! P.S. Folks, I know you all are glad to have me back, enjoy! 2
NotHereToPlayGames Posted January 17 Posted January 17 (edited) <not worth it> </not> Edited January 17 by NotHereToPlayGames
NotHereToPlayGames Posted January 17 Posted January 17 An oldie but goodie -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5rYfZtAI88
D.Draker Posted January 17 Posted January 17 11 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said: I don't believe any of that for a second. You cite dating half to a third your age (always off-topic) so much here at MSFN that it should be grounds for banishment. Millions of people, in the US too, used TikTok for dating, neither it's a joke, nor is off-topic, and it's public knowledge. Where will they go? Tell D.Draker. 2
D.Draker Posted January 17 Posted January 17 10 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said: An oldie but goodie -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5rYfZtAI88 I'm blocked on YT, they say I'm a bot. What's it about? 2
Tripredacus Posted January 17 Posted January 17 I think you can watch Youtube videos from Bing Video or maybe Yandex video search results without having an account or being logged in, as long as the video doesn't have an age verification setting. If it does have that setting, it will just show the thumbnail. 1
Rod Steel Posted January 17 Posted January 17 (edited) On 1/16/2025 at 10:08 AM, NotHereToPlayGames said: I am not TikTok fan. Or Instagram or Facebook or X or *anything* classified as "social". But this "ban" is USELESS. Why? Because everybody that uses it DOES NOT CARE about "privacy rights" and don't beleive that they (the users) are being manipulated like puppets, indoctrinated, mind control, whatever label you want to give it. This ban is NOT useless. And it have nothing to do with privacy right. The reason for ban is simple - Tik-Tok manipulating western society to do harm to they own countries and weakened them, in ideal - elect spy's of CCP\ru. We just see that in Romania, when those who don't use Tik-Tok have no idea who was that guy who "won" in first tour of elections. On 1/16/2025 at 10:08 AM, NotHereToPlayGames said: People on TikTok DO NOT CARE about "privacy rights". So again ban have nothing to do with "PRIVACY RIGHTS", it have to do with nefarious activity of CCP\ru to harm and, eventually, destroy free world. In Ukraine every dog know that telegram is ru\FSB property, but many people still use telegram. They say: i just upload videos there and do not share confidential information, but installing telegram app on smartphone make smartphone compromised! People are not that smart of species. On 1/16/2025 at 4:37 PM, NotHereToPlayGames said: The userbase here in the USA is already migrating to Red Note - which is also based in China. Then ban this Red Note - what seems to be the problem? I heard american kids play in that game "whack-a-mole", well now it's maybe that game. No problem, just ban them all. Don't let them in your informational space. They do more than that, not only YouTube is banned there, but even Wikipedia is banned in China, which explains why Chinese segment of Wikipedia is smaller than Ukrainian segment despite huge size of Chinese population. They already banned western platforms - you should do the same - ban all their platforms. Let they speak to themselves, cook gooses and talk to each other how good that all they houses land are just rented from CCP government and they don't own it. P.S. By the way, to learn about real "values" of china society go in google and search 4chan chinese webm you will find out how psychotic they population and how they have zero empathy to each other, Edited January 17 by Rod Steel 3
NotHereToPlayGames Posted January 17 Posted January 17 8 minutes ago, Rod Steel said: People are not that smart of species. 9 minutes ago, Rod Steel said: And it have nothing to do with privacy right. <excerpt from Reuters> Risks include "the possibility that the Chinese government could use (TikTok) to control data collection on millions of users or control the recommendation algorithm, which could be used for influence operations," Wray told U.S. lawmakers. <excerpt> Which came first, the chicken or the egg? To me, it all boils down to DATA COLLECTION. The algorithm and the influence is DEFINED by the DATA COLLECTION. Without the DATA, there is no INFLUENCING. Data Collection violates Privacy Rights. So to me, the bottom denominator is the privacy rights. But agreed - "potatoe, potato"... 3
D.Draker Posted January 17 Posted January 17 11 hours ago, Rod Steel said: They already banned Western platforms - you should do the same - ban all they their platforms. It's our weak leaders, I'd ban the hell everything. But then again, we should acknowledge they learnt how to use our democratic values against us! 3
D.Draker Posted January 17 Posted January 17 11 hours ago, Rod Steel said: I heard american kids play in that game "whack-a-mole", well now it's maybe that game. Well, we played "gestapo" game, it was very popular in the 70s, 80s. Those old traditions are now gone, modern kids stick their face in smartphones produced in China, with TikTok, it's still NOT banned here, in France! 2
D.Draker Posted January 18 Posted January 18 "TikTokkers break down over imminent US ban, slam ‘old fart’ Supreme Court judges for app’s end: ‘F–k this country!" https://nypost.com/2025/01/18/lifestyle/tiktokkers-break-down-over-imminent-us-ban-slam-old-fart-supreme-court-judges-for-apps-end-f-k-this-country/ 2
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