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Facebook, IG, Snapchat and other old social apps already had their fair share of dirt thrown at them. TikTok didn’t, and lots of people think that they are just
by justapassenger 4y ago
Facebook, IG, Snapchat and other old social apps already had their fair share of dirt thrown at them. TikTok didn’t, and lots of people think that they are just a cool app for teenagers to record their dancing.
So it’s more about telling people who already know that alcohol is bad, that White Claw is also bad.
- anonporridge 4y agoNot really. TikTok has had tons of bad press from day one, even if it was just the sense of ick that it's just for kids and skeevy people watching young people dancing. And there's been criticism for years that it's a covert tool China is using to manipulate our youths. We need to think of the children!
- ficklepickle 4y agoThey do seem to have a policy of asymmetric warfare, for example turning a blind eye to the export of fentanyl. It's not exactly far fetched. See the book "Unrestricted Warfare" by 2 PLA colonels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrestricted_Warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrestricted_Warfare
- anonporridge 4y agoI doubt they merely turn a blind eye. China's mass production and export of fentanyl strikes me as a literal modern Opium War.
- Eupraxias 4y agoIs it really possible for anyone to doubt that it is anything but this?
- anonporridge 4y agoSure. Lots of people will refuse to even entertain the thought, because if true, it means that we're already at war and our people are being killed, and most western people are too mentally weak to take on the burden of accepting that bitter reality.
- pessimizer 4y agoWe're already at war because we're bombing several countries and arming insurgents. Not because China is getting fewer people addicted to opiates than the Sacklers.
- Eupraxias 4y agoI remember when I also held this very comforting assumption.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoYeah I was just pointing this out the other day that it was not unlike a reverse Opium war to my friends.
- justapassenger 4y agoWas CEO of TikTok grilled by congress, used as an excuse by most major politicians on both sides for their failures, and blocked from acquiring any companies moving forward?
- pessimizer 4y ago> TikTok didn’t, and lots of people think that they are just a cool app for teenagers to record their dancing. TikTok was literally attacked by US Presidents of opposing parties in two subsequent terms, and has been credibly threatened with total bans. So it's more like telling people China bad.
- LiberationUnion 4y ago
- CodeSgt 4y agoWell China, as in the Chinese government, is bad. So I'm fine with that message.
- pessimizer 4y agoThen no need to conceal it.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoI think the regular Chinese folks are great, however the CCP is a very bad organization that is orthogonal to your average Chinese person on the street. They are easily distinguished by anyone who is being logical on the matter, rather than seemingly not being able to comprehend they are not one and the same.
- justapassenger 4y agoAnd Facebook wasn’t attacked? Had CEO grilled by congress? Had government basically block any acquisitions moving forward? Let’s not pretend that all other social medias are loved.
- pessimizer 4y agoThey need to take "let's not pretend" away from people. I guarantee I'm not saying anything that I never mentioned or even hinted at. What I said is that TikTok got their fair share of dirt thrown at them.