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re: upcoming potential TikTok ban, rednote is a flash in the pan.

creators will end up where viewers and $$ are: meta and YT. 

they’ll want platforms that are deep in western markets; rednote hasn’t invested at all in the US (changing UI to english doesn’t matter).

this played out in 2020 with india’s ban.

It’s not happening 

“Shou Zi Chew has been invited to sit in a position of honor on the dais, which is typically reserved for former presidents, family members and other important guests, the report said”

It’s not happening 

“Shou Zi Chew has been invited to sit in a position of honor on the dais, which is typically reserved for former presidents, family members and other important guests, the report said”

https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-ceo-plans-attend-trump-inauguration-nyt-reports-2025-01-16/

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Yeah, no anger for him. Just everyone else 😝

It's hard to even be mad at Chew, if you were CEO of a business and knew that sucking up to the incoming president was a reliable way to benefit/save your company. It would practically be negligent not to 🙃

Not surprising at all. 

TikTok will kiss the ring, Trump will posture as their savior, and the world will keep spinning.  

It is a tale as old as time.