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A TikTok ban would deal a blow to creators, businesses and the American economy

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Re: A TikTok ban would deal a blow to creators, businesses and the American economy

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Staying away from the politics, anybody who has a business model completely dependent upon a single service’s algorithm should question what kind of business they have.

Many successful businesses specialize in a niche. Mastering the algorithms of a single, popular platform can be a strategic advantage. Think of SEO experts or social media marketing firms.

Re: A TikTok ban would deal a blow to creators, businesses and the American economy

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Lol, they realize it's a sell-or-ban bill, right? Kind of a moot point when you realize that TikTok as we know it will continue, just without a connection to the CCP. Even if they do ban TikTok the company, the engineers/ML scientists who developed the recommender system powering TikTok still exist, so worst comes to worst someone makes a new company, hires the engineers, and off to the races

Re: A TikTok ban would deal a blow to creators, businesses and the American economy

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Lol, they realize it's a sell-or-ban bill, right? Kind of a moot point when you realize that TikTok as we know it will continue, just without a connection to the CCP. Even if they do ban TikTok the company, the engineers/ML scientists who developed the recommender system powering TikTok still exist, so worst comes to worst someone makes a new company, hires the engineers, and off to the races

It has already been cloned! It is called "Redz" [0]. If imitation is the purest form of flattery, Redz is pure flattery. Look at the UI images.

[0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homyt.thex

Re: A TikTok ban would deal a blow to creators, businesses and the American economy

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If we are not careful, millions of people will have to resort to obtaining employment. Luckily we'll still have Twitch, Kick, playing the meme stock market, and gambling for them to fall back on.

Also illegal drug sales may taper off for a while but they'll find snap to be quite cozy again.

Re: A TikTok ban would deal a blow to creators, businesses and the American economy

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Lol, they realize it's a sell-or-ban bill, right? Kind of a moot point when you realize that TikTok as we know it will continue, just without a connection to the CCP. Even if they do ban TikTok the company, the engineers/ML scientists who developed the recommender system powering TikTok still exist, so worst comes to worst someone makes a new company, hires the engineers, and off to the races

It has already been cloned! It is called "Redz" [0]. If imitation is the purest form of flattery, Redz is pure flattery. Look at the UI images. [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homyt.thex

Interesting name. Might as well have called it COMRADES or MUNISM

Re: A TikTok ban would deal a blow to creators, businesses and the American economy

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Staying away from the politics, anybody who has a business model completely dependent upon a single service’s algorithm should question what kind of business they have.

Correct in theory, false in practice. Case in point : google adwords / adsense. It’s been close to 20 years and counting, and lots of the online ad economy is still relying almost exclusively on it.
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