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Comment by mark_l_watson | Hacker News Reader

I agree. I removed TikTok apps from all my devices just before the handover happened. Too bad, a US startup I used work for had good luck with ads on the ‘old TikTok.’ I wonder how much damage this handoff will end up doing to small American companies.

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None. Ordinary user don't care about this stuff.

Most of my friends in their 20s have been complaining about their TikTok feeds being less engaging.

Old Tik Tok really had my number. Ironically since Trump took it over, New Tik Tok has been feeding me a bunch of Gen Z socialist stuff I have no interest in.

Maybe they switched to rage bait algorithm? I can't really use xitter because of this amazing feature.

I stopped using Twitter after getting constantly suggested to follow Musk and read his tweets along with all the crazy right-wing accounts he was promoting no matter how many times I clicked "Not interested in this post". It was clear it was purposeful.

I just went though my old bookmarks one last time before deleting my account. The number of fun, enriching, and creative videos on that platform really puts YouTube to shame.

It really feels like nothing good lasts forever these days, but they had a good run.

They may care after some US citizens join the immigrants in concentration camps.

Human memory is very short. I'm afraid convinience wins even when there is measurable negative output. Nobody talks about Cambridge analytica in these days anymore even it was scandal or a lot of people smoke even when this is hurting them.

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