The biggest benefactor here is Meta. There's no way TikTok will remain a dominant social platform in the US amidst all the political meddling and so many high profile investors with competing interests.

This is likely also why Meta announced that they are overhauling Instagram to make Reels and recommendations the default experience - https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/instagram-overhaul-app-num.... Just as with Threads, they saw an opening and are doubling down hard.

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throwacct 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well, TikTok is and will still be the dominant force in that area, and I don't think Instagram will win this time. For photos? Instagram is still the king of the hill. For video consumption? TikTok is the king.

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bamboozled 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We could be spending all this effort on curing diseases...how stupid we can be.

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gretch 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You won't believe this next part. We actually did make vaccines for several diseases that were as close to 100% safe as real world possible, and people were voluntarily rejecting it.

	▲	sli 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Tiktok primarily causes harm and plenty of people voluntarily reject it. What's your point? We shouldn't do good things because sometimes people don't want them?

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belter 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Larry Ellison is the richest person on Earth, and that tells you everything you need to know about the world, and Peter Thiel AntiChrist concerns...

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tdeck 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison.

	▲	atmavatar 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Correction: richest lawnmower