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What's different about TT from other video sharing sites? (Not intended as a sarcastic or rhetorical question)

The algorithm at TT is uniquely good at fostering community. I think this is b/c the general philosophy is driving engagement and time (and thus revenue) by showing people what they will really like. Meta, otoh, seems to drive engagement and revenue more from clickbait/outrage and paid content

The communities there are unlike on other platforms. Your TT is extremely finely tuned to you. If someone tells you what TT is from a content perspective, they're telling you who they are, not what the platform is. And those communities can't just reappear elsewhere, it was a unique confluence

Do you think communities would rebuild on TT if it's shut down for a month, or if US accounts are deleted and everyone has to start over?

Some would, some wouldn't. Most would be altered forever, and probably not in good ways. I also fear that if they cut a deal with Trump, that they'll be required to make some sort of content changes to better foster right-wing creators, like Meta just did.

Form, compensation, function, compensation, userbase, compensation, integrated sales system, compensation and did I mention compensation?

The built-in video editing features alone set it apart from pretty much all of the alternatives.