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Biden’s TikTok Flip-Flop: President Rushes To Undo Ban He Championed As Backlash Grows
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this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2025
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It is a protest. Some Americans may ultimately remain on "Little Red Book" but the main purpose of making it the #1 app in the US was to spite the government. It's a much more restrictive app than Tiktok, but people are enjoying talking to foreign nationals both ways.
I completely get all that, but looking at the typical user base that uses mainstream social media platforms, like TikTok, I don't see them being knowledgeable about some china centered alternative app
I just don't see, how so many would switch to that, as most of them wouldn't have known about it a week ago.
Was it promoted on TikTok?
Yes, it is a Tiktok meme. A few may actually remain on Xiaohongshu but probably most will migrate to whatever logical replacement pops up.