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[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

US should call their bluff. If Tiktok gets banned, people will complain for a little bit until people forget and move on to what's next. Why doesn't an American company make something that's practically identical? People will be all desperate for their 5 second dopamine rush that they will download anything.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I think Elon might just do that based on what I've been reading.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As I recall, the guy who makes Pixelfed (dansup?) is also working on a vine clone called loops. It looks like the site is https://loops.video/ Doesn't appear to be operational yet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

i never got to experience vine (and google+)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It would be his first good instinct. But bringing back the domain is t going to bring back the magic. Vine is dead and nothing Musked is going to be any fun.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

India did this and Instagram reels is the main one that benefited. Probably be the same for US if it pulls through on this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

YouTube and Instagram already have identical features. Most US creators who post on Tik Tok also use those platforms already