Didn't know where to share this.
I don't use tiktok. But every other young person I know does.
And now that it owned by a pro-trump company... It's about to get real difficult.
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Iโve never used TikTok, and Iโm not sure what Iโm supposed to be seeing in that screenshot. Can someone explain it to me?
I also am not sure, but my read of the screenshot is the three bottom videos relate to the Minnesota ICE protests and Trump, and they are part of a group tagged "expired Stories" in "Your private videos," two of which have "ineligible for...".
I interpret this to mean the post is claiming that the stories were ones David Leavitt created that were selectively made private or otherwise ineligible (for...sharing? monetization? unclear) by TikTok without his input.
Ignoring the top level comment, it looks like the original screenshot is cut off but says "ineligable for..." On the thumbnails that look like protest content.
My guess is that OP is pointing out that their protest information is not as visible as their shitposting is.
I have no idea what message they're trying to get across.
Are they saying that tiktok censoring anti-ice stuff is worse than people being murdered by ice?
I imagine they are saying that this is a bad thing in general. Not worse than ICE committing murders.
I think they're saying it's less effective in the short term but extremely effective in the long term and kind of a new magnitude of censorship.
It hurts not in a homicide way, but in a strategical and structurally depraved way.
My guess is that in the original screenshot, the view numbers are limited for their anti ICE videos, and supposedly suppressed by the algorithm. It's a pretty common trope on that platform.