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by salt

5 months ago

[Thread] Was banning TikTok a masterstroke by us?

It was either a GOATed intellectual move by the government or a fluke that has paid us well. PUBG and TikTok were two cancerous apps that was f'ing with the cultural zeitgeist imo.

Dihaadi

Stealth

5 months ago

Kya GOAT, insta and CoDM has taken the user base and the zeitgeist goes on

salt

Gojek

5 months ago

@Dihaadi CoDM does not have the same mass appeal as PUBG and Insta reels content is marginally better than reels cringefest. But yes you are sorta right.

Dihaadi

Stealth

5 months ago

Yes agreed. I’m more concerned that no matter what steps are taken, the sum of our population generally takes the average very low 😂😂 Isiliye Bas cringe chalta hai

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Rangeela_tau

Salesforce

5 months ago

Haan now I can focus on leetcode

salt

Gojek

5 months ago

@Rangeela_tau Lmao 🤣

potatomato

Fintech Startup

5 months ago

Yes, a **Bloomberg** article will tell you why they really banned it! Spoiler, it has nothing to do with "national security", or China influencing US politics. They want to control the media narrative to keep the populace compliant to US foreign policy (e.g. bombing those folks in a faraway land), and TikTok was standing in the way of that, showing footage the state department does not want the mostly young audience to see.

Elon_Musk

X.com

5 months ago

We should unban it. I wanna see how bad it gets.

Rhombus

CARS24

5 months ago

Never a fluke Not a bhakt 🫠

Capcom

Microsoft

5 months ago

India already banned ticktok and pubg 2-3 years back. App was not following security regulation.

RectangleBro

Quizizz

5 months ago

You know PUBG relaunched as BGMI right? Functionally it’s the same

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by deadpm

Stealth

3 months ago

Unpopular Opinion: VCs get a lot of crap for no reason

Kya dikat hai bhai, udane do paisa. Tumhare thodi hai. Good firms genuinely perform well and return money. The ecosystem is not forgiving -- you don't survive very long if you don't create any big wins. It's an extremely high stress job with very little WLB. You do make money but it comes at a cost. Layoffs are sad but at least those jobs existed in the first place? They wouldn't without VC money. India's VC scene is extremely young and it'll take time before we produce a Google. Entrepreneurs are not always right, they are not always nice either; but they definitely are courageous.

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by Vindhyachal

Razorpay

4 months ago

TikTok strikes back at the US govt

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by ShaktiMan

Deloitte

6 months ago

US' plans to ban Tiktok. If they actually pull this off, this is a BIG loss for Bytedance and a BIG win for Instagram.

When TikTok mobilized its users to lobby Congress, it backfired spectacularly.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/15/24102472/house-tiktok-ban-bill-staffers-calls-congress

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by WittyFeed

Venture Capital

10 months ago

New TikTok trend where people are appreciating Bin Laden’s thoughts/explanations. Makes me afraid of the world short form video is creating :|

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by StarkWild

Jupiter

5 months ago

China hits back at US for Tiktok ban discussions? Banning Meta apps.

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by Bharatiya

Oracle

5 months ago

F Hard Work!

Rahul Gandhi in a rally says this : "The youth who are unemployed and watching Facebook Instagram reels today will be given ₹1,00,000 khatakhat khatakhat!" Now, I don't know how can someone be an advocate for this kind of statement? I know this won't happen but at least give a proper reason. He is literally saying watch reels and earn. I really feel privileged that TikTok is banned after hearing this from a leader who is trying to become PM of our country.