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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 minutes ago* (last edited 3 minutes ago)

This and zionism were the whole point of the attack on TikTok that the libs fully supported.

Now the libs want to attack "social media" in general.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 points 14 minutes ago

No no it's freedom.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 hours ago

Once Trump gets involved in something you know that eventually we're going to find out it's even more nefarious bullshit. We must clean and disinfect the huge stain left after he enters the clearing at the end of his path.

[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Israel fanatic Larry Ellison took control of TikTok to ensure no one can say anything bad about the genocidal colony or it's neocon agents in the American regime

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Most of them don't know how to spell it anyway.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago

Enshittification alternative phase 3: let the government goons run your platform.

[–] Maverick604@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Something about America being the home of free speech… lol

[–] purplestar@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago

They practice something called 'Freedom From Speech', as in they're freed up by not having to say anything.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 205 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Epstein files

Trump is a pedophile

Trump and Epstein were best friends after Epstein opened the island

Trump was convicted of raping someone in civil court

[–] annoyed_onion@lemmy.world 125 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Seems like the fediverse works fine 👍

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 66 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tiananmen Square massacre.

Winnie the Pooh.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

All I see is ������� ������ ������ and ����� ��� ����

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Interesting safety feature about the fedverse is that it will also protect your password.

For example, here is mine: �� �����

It looks fine to me.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Mine is hunter2

See? It works

Tap for spoilerAnd I'm old af. I miss you bash.org!

I left my job today. I couldn't work for that man after what he said to me.
what did he say?
your fired

Simpler times...

[–] 4z01235@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is how I learn bash.org is no more...

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago

Snapshots are still accessible on the Wayback machine, and I think a ton of snippets are available as an archive of text files too!

I'm bummed it's gone.

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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Yeah, and we have like 0.07% of their reach.

You can fool some people some time, you can fool some people all the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time.

Unfortunately, you don't have to fool all the people all the time, 99.93% of the people most of the time will do just fine. Shit, 51% is plenty enough.

[–] DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

On politics with a 65% turnout election, you need more than 32.5%

This why 40% approval is enough to win. Specially if your rival is purist and doesn’t vote for many reasons.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, they'll get around to shanking lemmy eventually. We should enjoy it while it lasts.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I ain't enjoying shit of this, I just consider it one of the last spaces of the free exchange of ideas and information left. I heard BlueSky is already on the chopping block. Like healthy cells surrounded by metastases, one by one they get consumed.

But maybe I wax too dramatic when I'm tired and drunk, and the morning is young as the old night dies. I can go on, et cetera, alas, and so forth. Hark. Would you render yonder and caress my Sony Trinitron screen of vint most fine? My cask thumps hollow!

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We like to shit on Tik Tok, but you're right that their reach is absolutely massive. Recently when Democrats were writing op eds and taking out ads saying that troops should ignore illegal orders, a high ranking member of the military (I forget who) commented that the messaging was ineffective because troops almost universally get their "news" through Tik Tok.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Soldiers will obey orders. That's what they do.

My Lai, Abu Ghraib, Kent State, Bonus Army March.

Soldiers aren't trained to be moral philosophers, they're paid to do what they're told

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

troops almost universally get their "news" through Tik Tok.

One finger to swipe leaves a hand free for munching crayons.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Proving the point perfectly. They aren't paid to think. They're paid to follow orders.

When the time comes, they will not hesitate to fire upon US civilians, and those who do will be shot alongside them.

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[–] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Trump is a pedophile

Pedonald

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[–] E_coli42@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Wish they'd move to the Fediverse instead of people uninstalling TikTok to install some other app that could potentially change its algorithm or funding at any time.

[–] delial@lemmy.sdf.org 76 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Worth noting is that among the investors loyal to Trump is Larry Ellison, renowned massive turd of a human being. Just totally coincidentally, his festering dingleberry of a son David Ellison is the person that installed the pro-genocide propagandist Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief at CBS.

Unrelated: Do you ever wonder how tender billionaire flesh is?

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago

Unrelated: Do you ever wonder how tender billionaire flesh is?

No I don't. I just like the sound it makes when it slices.

[–] twelvety@fedia.io 54 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Meanwhile, we in Europe have American Billionaires constantly attacking any government or legal body that enforces their own national laws, by threatening to sue and throwing childish insults for suppressing free speech.

Many of us haven't ever had legal freedom of speech in our constitutions, but the reality is we have a lot more than Americans right now.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Thus driving the proliferation of alternative platforms, encryption, etc. They can’t put the toothpaste back in the bottle.

…”bottle”? Is it “bottle”? I’ve never bought toothpaste in a bottle, it always comes in a squeezie pouch nozzle thing…

[–] J92@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago
[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thus driving the proliferation of alternative platforms, encryption, etc.

I really don't think the average tiktoker knows most of these words

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Better get used to it. The oligarchs are swallowing up all the media companies in the US.

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[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

Freedum!!

/s

[–] hector@lemmy.today 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What a joke. I hope tik tok crashes and burns.

They did all of that, because Israel. Because tik tok declined to rig moderation in favor of Israel. They care more about that country than our own. Now what were we talking about, epstein, ahem. Completely unrelated I'm sure, except for all of the child fucking blackmail Israel holds, that might have something to do with it now that you mention it.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They've said publicly they intend to turn it into a MAGA-first platform. And now people are surprised?

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[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Anyone in the US with TikTok can you confirm you can’t type it?

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