So first I saw the initial message, but now, when I open my TikTok I see a random video - I can’t scroll through the app, nor interact with the video. What’s going on? 🤯

Even if trump "brings tiktok back" that should be enough to delete the app. Just a matter of time before they're censoring anything and everything negatively posted about him and this country.

Can’t erase the fact that we all saw that propagand-ish message lol

I left them a very heated 1 star rating review last night after my account vanished behind the original msg. I'm not going back for MAGAtok. The whole point of being there was to get away from those lunatics 😫

That'll show em.

There were a TON of them already on there

I know but I was surrounded by Pedro Pascal so I had shelter. 😭

Meeeee-oowwwwwww

My phone has no storage space just so everyone knows. Tbh I'm surprised I had room left for Bluesky 😂

And Russian trolls crawling all over it.

Infesting like cockroaches

I don’t trust TikTok anymore. I will most likely delete the entire app.

They finally got their way and shut down our freedom of speech

Lemon8 still showed it 30 min ago

The internet is forever. 😑

They also officially again this morning on x

I noticed that, too. I wrote them an F filled email about their disgusting message.

Exactly

That was gross. I’m over TikTok.

Yeah. Fuck em

We all went to bad sad and woke up disgusted when it came back online.

💯

And it got worse before they removed the reference. Oligarchs be Oligarching.

And they called him president not president elect a few days too early.

They double fucked themselves. I’m never opening it again based on that message last night.

The message was groveling and disguising. People need the look at other countries that get news about the USA. All news here is propaganda feed.

Because here in the U.S. it is frowned upon to have state run media.

All part of the scam.

I've now seen 3 different messages, we should collect them all

This is what my republican friends see.

Damage done. We all saw that propaganda

Probably converted 3 million Gen z’ers to Trump in just 2 hours

We paid $20 billion to get it back up and running.

Seeing “his” name directly referenced last night and this morning was one of the biggest icks… ever. Definitely made me feel a certain kind of way about TikTok. It’s all been a game, and one I don’t wish to play

I was addicted to TikTok & I deleted it last night. Fuck them.

Me too! As soon as I saw that message it was gone.

Same.

Same!

I deleted it, too. I don't support enabling fascists

Same

Just deleted it. Saw his name and it made me feel sick to keep using it. So here I am..

Especially since tiktok is attending his inauguration. Was invited & accepted. Like come on!

He took the president of Mexico's place

And he’s not president

Yeah, I’m almost done with it, I love the Tok, but like, I got the ick… they mentioned Trump on the alert that I got service back too… it’s gross, everything is gross, all of our politicians are ruining this country

This is exactly how I feel. I don’t want to be part of their little game. No thanks.

I deleted a few days ago. I don’t intend to redownload, and am thinking of switching off of meta apps. there would have to be mass action to make an effect tho & none of my friends seemed interested in divesting from the socials:/

I had a notification earlier that a someone had posted a video. This is all so bizarre and shady.

Too late.

Too late the damage is done and Biden just handed the fascist another fuck8ng win

Desktop feed is alive...

For one video. Same as the app

No, my desktop is stuck in some strange warp, but can move to multiple videos. The app is showing my videos. It's not dead as before

Too late. Now that we know Trump set it on fire just to get credit for putting it out, and TT just said sure no problem, we are done.

Why do I think that the tech bros and tRump will be using tik tok information for their personal gain and start a McCarthyism black ball of their perceived enemies. Didn’t tRumps mentor Roy Cohn work for Joseph McCarthy and help ‘find communist’. This is going to be bad.

but the damage has been done. Sigh

Indeed.😣

I am now getting content—not functioning properly, but no error at all

You forgot to post the part where they praise Trump. I am still deleting the app. At this point, it’s ethically compromised.

Too late. I saw what I saw. I’m done playing whatever game these billionaires think they’re playing with us. I already deleted my Meta accts after 20yrs, and I already reconnected with my TikTok communities else where.

How it started/going

Ingratiating themselves to him and his followers was so gross.

I thought it was weird, my initial message had no mention of Trump, then it repopulated with the one everyone is sharing, and now this version? In like, just a few hours?

Maybe Myspace was all we ever really needed...

Amen.

I agree…before every social media site was owned by musk or zukerberg…good ol’ days!!!!

Neptune app will have a customization feature like MySpace did. Neptune is supposed to be a good mix of different apps, specially TikTok. Can’t wait for it to be finally available!

Again. I loved MySpace. I hated when everyone I knew moved to Facebook. I would've never left.... Come back.....

Where is Tom

Living his best life as a travel and nature photographer, I heard.

Got rich and then fucked off to lay low and travel the world. What Zucky couldn’t do. It’s not enough to get filthy wealthy for Zuck, he wants all the power as well.

He posted last week on TikTok.🤣🤣 He seemed relaxed and enjoying life.

I saw that! lol I LOVE how TT reached so many people. And I love how we share information and talk to each other.

I literally just ran back and staked out some screenname real estate over there because of this fustercluck 😔 (it seems relatively abandoned but still…)

I miss Tom and I miss a social media that allowed me to identify with a song.

Someone needs to get ahold of Tom

Too late!! Users already seen the previous message Called Tik Tok on their BS!!! Isn’t the CEO at today’s inauguration?!?! Interesting!!!👀👀

Nope, Tik Tok can keep the fascists. I’m good over here and Red Book

Tinfoil hat here, but considering Trump was in talks at maralago with the tiktok ceo recently, I'm wondering if tiktok agreed to a deal that trump would "undo" the ban if when they temporarily shut down (to give people a "taste") they gave him lip service. They didn't have to go dark yet.

I don’t think people will kiss Trumps diaper if he reinstates TikTok like so many of you think. We knew from the beginning it was the American tt investors who were tapping trump to save their billions and there’s nothing trump likes more than his oligarchy. It was never about rights for him.

Saving tt making him look good and distracting us was just a cherry on the Sunday…even though we’re way past the point of distraction. We’ve seen all along what was happening. Not everyone is stupid enough to take illusion as fact.

TikTok Ban

Yeah I just noticed that there is something missing that was there last night on my pop-up this morning.

As they should. That was a ridiculous statement. Government shouldn't control social media.

Now it's back working!

I just saw a news clip that it maybe coming back? Because #felon47 doesn't want people to miss his inauguration.

I think it is back? Mine seems to be working…

Why? Because it is unfavorable still?? 🤣 They don’t want us to delete when it comes back up! And I would be lying if I wasn’t already considering it when it shut down 2 hours ahead of schedule. They know we know. Period

I will never use tic tok

The way my face stayed in place

We won’t forget

TikTok doesn't want to tell its former users that it is shut down completely because it chose to shut down. It's trying to play TikTok users, too.

This isn’t entirely true. Oracle, Apple, and Google aren’t going to take the word of a transitioning government. The ban went into effect and that’s 5k fine per user. That’s no joke. Who would trust the government to keep its word.

The law doesn't actually shut down TikTok, but TikTok chose to shut down rather than slowly degrade.

🍊💩 can ask them at the next crypto ball

Their plan all along

Play them how?

Exactly. And I think they played themselves instead and they’re slowly realizing it.

TikTok addicts are in a blubbering frenzy.

The TikTok GRIFT is on.

Never did use TicTok m'self. I did learn about the Capcut video editing platform which looked pretty sweet...on the very day it was yoinked (another Byte Dance asset, y'see). All good: I'll use Canva or Davinci.

I opened the app a few minutes ago. Got a different message and when I hit dismiss it let me see this one video - playing Pink Floyd hahaha

All in all, we are all just bricks in the wall.

Too late. We already saw it and won’t be going back.

Smart move but maybe too late.

Honestly, I’m glad they showed their hand. They could have never mentioned Trump, gone behind our backs and done this exact thing but we’d be none the wiser. Now at least we know.

Very true. Do you think the tell was intentional ?

3 weeks ago I might have. Now? My answer is: he is a Billionaire. I don’t trust him as far as I can throw him.

Let’s hope so! For those in the back! Might as well say, ‘hold in we are installing straight up spyware…”

At least with TikTok prior shutdown message and DTJ wanting to be a “hero” this allowed him to post the truth a 50% cut for the “US” but not for the people. GOT IT

Very much too late. It’s a marketing campaign lmao

They really did not understand how many people hate Donald Trump.

Lmao also that

Either that or they don’t like the fact he wants the government to have a 50% stake in it.

That’s exactly what it is

💯

We already saw behind the curtain!

Do you think it’s a response to Trump’s message about 50% ownership?

I didn’t think of that, quite possible. Or they are seeing all of the uninstalls that happened when they name-dropped him.

I haven’t touched my TikTok app because I can still scroll through through five videos.. and I know if I shut it, they’ll be gone.. how silly is that?

Mine was dead but randomly came back just now for about 2 minutes. I think they are messing with something.

Mine too

Agreed. I'm not a fan of potential state-sponsored media, which is what the US owning 50% of TikTok would become. If Trump "saves" TikTok, I think the damage will be done and people won't go back.

Yep and we all know that man baby started the ball rolling on this because he can’t stand people saying negative things about him.

Too late for me.

They remove the message from mine altogether, and I can go into my profile now

I get one video. It says I have no internet connection 😭

That's what mine says

It's changed again to the

It’s called give me money. Tic toc Chinese guy will be at trumps swearing in party. Money will fly

It just came back up for me.

It’s back online

???? What is even going on anymore lol

Too late I won’t be going back RedNote is a happy place

When I saw a screenshot of that message I thought it was edited because of how ridiculous it sounds.

www.reuters.com/world/us/ger...

Too late. We all screen shotted it.

It is working now temporarily….i think?!!

I can get on it, it’s back?!

Reposted

For comparison:

Too late and not sure it is worth going back

Because they're seeing our posts on other socials saying how this is all Trump's fault to begin with.

lol

Too late.We already know who's behind all this crap.😡

i no longer get a message when i open the app at all

When I pressed the dismiss button, it played a video of Law and Order, SVU!

This is the message I just got!

Need to make a Tik tok about it

Too little too late 😒

Are they bringing it back online to appease his royal Hiney ?

I have pending tt shop commissions, I wonder how I will get paid out?

What's interesting is my local news posted the message early this morning, with all references to Trump removed. I went to the app and the Trump reference was still there. Now when I try, it's gone.

Screenshots are forever.

China, China, China

You can now navigate to your profile and other portions of the app, but tbh it's more depressing to see my liked and saved vids tabs completely empty...

Mine is working

Since he was the one who started it all in 2020...

I'm already fully out. Something else will come along. I will hang out on Bluesky and wait

Nah, they have his name on their new message. How could tRump have done anything when he technically is not president yet??

This is too ridiculous.

I fear that the cat may be out of the bag though….hopefully im incorrect

bsky.app/profile/pixe...

Too late. Truth was already spoken by TikTok and we all saw it.

This is what I just got.

Oh well, my decision has been made. I deleted it.

I’m hoping they don’t sell out

They don’t want anyone to #followthemoney

Sooo 2000 and late.

They know Americans have the memory and attention span of a gnat. It's why Trump is back in office in the first place. TikTok users will go running back and thanking Trump. He's working his way into being installed president permanently.

Yep.

No we won’t. We aren’t bargaining chips. The Chinese platform is going to be much better with us there.

Because they forgot that the TikTok ban is in congress' hands not Trump's. He can't fix this by executive order

So glad we have you

Did it somehow occur to them that half their users in the US voted against Trump? And I would bet it’s more than half as I mentally review who I know who voted for Trump….

They sure F’ed up on that message.

There it is...

And just above that, THE RATINGS/THE CROWD! 😅🙈😓 The only 2 things he cares about.

It’s all for show.

THERE IT IS!!! Just above that too with his Inauguration ratings!!! 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼 buh bye TT

Exactly 💯..it was always about the money

Yeah…. that was probably the trade off

If any American buys it I am deleting my account.

If he gets 50%, he can easily push them out later and gain 100%. Tiktok is not safe anymore.

Half ownership is going to make it secure?

Smells like Zuckerberg and or elonia 🤮

ByteDance has consistently said they WILL NEVER sell the app. Their attorney said this at the Supreme Court. They always pledged to go dark. Why? They always planned to keep your data from 2016 through shut down. Obviously they had a call with StupidMan or saw his tweet today and were like, NOPE!

It's too late. We all know he bent the knee... Where to now that Tiktok is a state own propaganda machine?

His name being tied to it immediately made me go ahead and delete the app. Btw that and FB asking you to link your account, if feels like Meta is already involved and that’s a hard no.

If you keep the app, they will see we can be controlled by manipulating an app. They took away a major freedom, and that is the message! Take away any attention from someone who aligns with fascism.

Too late FUCK TIKTOK

Interesting. Playing to tRump's vanity.

They saw everyone saying that they won’t return to the app if trump/musk/zuckerberg have anything to do with it.

Let me guess Trump Media is the US buyer?

Do you think it is required that if they do sell - they have to tell us who they sold it to?

I would think so. I'm sure Trump wants to make a grandiose show of it. Because you know he's benefitting big time off that deal.

Too little, too late

Oh, the shock. 😛

Just noticed it too

oh they know we're PISSED

He will control Tik tok, X, Fox , mainstream media, Facebook. The only message going out will be Trumps. No more free speech.

Well, there is BlueSky, growing at a million every few days. You are on BlueSky right now.

But that is only a small segment of people in comparison….

You think so? X (former Twitter) just fell under 100m users in the US, from 108m to 95m. In 3 months. BlueSky went from 12m to 28m in about the same time. On top of that, its growing, X is shrinking. X is a shit-hole, BlueSky is usable and friendly. Civilized. 10% of the adult population aint bad.

It’s back. My son was able to login and is scrolling.

Mine doesn't even have this message anymore. It just says something went wrong, try again later. As if we didn't all see the thank you message this morning.

It’s because they know that if we know Trump is behind getting it back up and running, then we’re not using it and it goes out with META & Twitter. But we already know the deal because of Trumps Truth social post.

We know who China loves

Was curious about this app. This stunt was the final push for me to come here.

Oh, there's no unringing that bell.

I can get in and see a few posts from my friends and trending topics. Can’t comment but I got in??

Mine back on.

Same

Don't worry, we got receipts

LFG

Still not sus at all 🤔

Too late.

The initial message alone may make me not want to go back, hoping the federated tiktok idea takes off instead

Mine is working just as of noon EST

wtf was with the propaganda?!?!?!

screenshots live forever

💙 Realities🌐 @insuret.bsky.social

You mean… the same exact thing? How is the government controlling which apps we can use and make money from not a loss of democracy

Trump put forward closing Tik Tok when last in Office...

Yeah. I know? What exactly does that take away from in my message??

Both things can happen at the same time - one is literally proving the point of the other.

Do you understand they are one and the same?

Exactly, no one seemed to mind too much about forced birth & torturing women.

It's the same. That is why we are outraged.

You do understand that these two things are related, right? It’s not just about TikTok. It’s about the loss of our 1st Amendment rights.

If Trumps running Tik Tok, Twitter, and FB… our freedom of speech is lost anyway

I’m glad you have your personal details to the open market, now I can buy your details freely on the open marketplace. Looking forward to getting to know you better! Free speech rules! I hope I like your friends

It really isn’t, but it makes it sound more dramatic.

No, it really is tho

Loss of a company's service doesn't limit first amendment rights. Trump or his allies owning or operating tiktok is far more dangerous than no tiktok or chinese tiktok.

That's exactly why people are upset, it's represented of our democracy under attack (ei freedom of speech)

I bet millions deleted the app, I did!

Pfftt.. what shite…

We all saw it 🤣

Too late. We have screen shots

I now only see the bare bones of the app and "no internet connection" on the fyp

Hm. Wonder why. 😂

Nope. They added that bullshit back in:

Pathetic!!! 🙄

🤮

I was just able to open TT and videos were playing, no message. I will be deleting it anyway

That message was from last night. I deleted the app as soon as I saw it. Fuck them.

This bs shows now 🤬

You are being mislead if you think Trump is fixing this TikTok thing. Do not fall for it! He’s no hero. He’s a fucking grifter and you will see how everything he does is only for his personal gain in the end!

He started this in 20

Right. Girl, bye! I’m not touching anything he touches with those tiny, little hands.

I was able to get in and view 1 but not comment nor scroll. Closed and went back and get no connection.

Very interesting 🤨 Trump still plans to take credit for the right price.

sorry for your TDS. tomorrow TRUMP IS YOUR DADDY

Sounds like more than credit he'll be taking. He's talking about an American partnership. My guess is that the partners will split the workload evenly... ByteDance does all the work, and the American partners take all the money

While licking Trumps boots

Too late. He bent the knee. Keep it banned at this point. Meta is most likely going to buy it. Just another app to avoid. Class consciousness is here to stay

Seems like the Tiktok owner is out to Trump. Ijs

Total stunt. Shou bent the knee

I bet they sold w/out the algorithm

Super likely they sell to Meta but without the algorithm, rendering TikTok useless

太少太晚了

Too late. Already deleted. I don't trust it anymore

Rarely used the app and just now deleted it.

Welp… 🫤

Tik Tok is back up in USA

Broken backs and shattered knees titok. The pendulum swings.

Because they immediately see what is on the horizon

Too late

IF FACIST TRUMP OR HIS CRONIES HAVE THEIR GREEDY CORRUPT HAND IN TT, I’M OUT FOR GOOD.

I would say they already do otherwise Trump would not have been mentioned in their statements. Sickening.

Too late, deleted the app and my account along with it.

Hmmm 🤔 I wonder why they changed it🤷🏿‍♀️ they didn't even have to take it offline bc Biden already said he wasn't going to enforce the ban I believe they purposely did to make the FOTUS DonOld a hero when they put it back online Monday at 12:01pm.

Look like it is back up?!

Our government is actively working against the people. At any time in the past four years Donnie could have been stopped, but they assisted him instead. He is the symptom; our government is the problem. We're in a class war, plain and simple. And we're losing.

It'll most likely be back up tomorrow after an "update" that includes either a new deal with Meta or Meta owning it partially or in full. They think we're fools.

I bet BD sold it without the algorithm

Too late. I already deleted it because of what they wrote. They can go hold hands with fascists in front of someone else

Hmm, I kinda feel the same way. I'm thinking about it.

I just logged out and un-installed it. It's will be X 2.0 soon the way it's looking.

Same. I wish more people would have the same conviction, but no... they can't "live" without TikTok..

Too late, we already saw it and don't trust them now.

Too late. We all saw it!

Never show your hand too soon - the grifter’s mantra.

Obsequiousness goes virtual.

Done with TikTok as well.

He wants the US to buy half ownership of it?! FFS

Shou reposted videos from Charlie Kirk & Don Jr before the app went offline. We know whose side he's on. I don't think I will go back because the app won't be the same.

Same. But when it turns back on I’ll be sure delete all my videos and deactivate my account.

I was about to do that at 10:30p, then I got the Trump message w/my boot. 😑 Seeing Rand Paul & FB set up accounts to pander last minute was all I needed.

I saw people on there being ecstatic about Rand Paul. I told them to check his stance on women’s rights and LGBTQIA amongst other things. I won’t go back to Tik Tok. Meta deleted.

Rand Paul probably voted for the damn ban in the first place and now he's just trying to cover his ass.

If he voted against, he only did so because they lumped Ukraine funding in with it. 😑

I receive no notification or app force close.

They're back and they're thanking Donald Trump for his "efforts"

It was a red flag for me when I found out Shou use to be employed at FB. I don’t trust him or ZuckerTurd. Bye. Hello Bluesky. 🙂

Its back? I just opened it out of habit and my for you page is back but the videos are weird and grainy. And the comments are like 14 hours old. What is happening?!

They just changed it again! Same as before but no mention of DT.

Too late!

This was just now. I very much have an internet connection. I hate it here.

I can get in, can anyone else?👀

So why is my TikTok back up and running right now? 12:55pm eastern on Sunday?

They restored it and issued a statement.

Wow. Never saw any statement

Ya no to late. We definitely already saw the first message kissing 🍑

i am getting this. i want to click continue, but even thinking about it makes me sick to my stomach.

Hilarious. He's not even president. I think that whoever put that up needs a lesson in time zones.

I clicked and I deleted

The internet is forever. The real version ain’t going anywhere.

bsky.app/profile/cris...

Don’t forget the part where it’s been made clear by current admin that ban won’t be enforced

I saw someone say that Biden should do the last minute EO to pause it for 90 days before the Felon can, just to troll them. THAT would be funny.

Too late for that. At this point it would look like he was in on it. By keeping it shut down, the inauguration will lose even more coverage, and TT may outgrow it in the headlines. 🥫🥫🥫 (why is there no ketchup emoji)

I agree. If he wanted to address it, he could just say what is the point of getting involved in a temp bandaid when the incoming admin is the one who initiated this ban in the first place. -maybe help remind people how this all started.

My biggest peeve about the Democrats is they don't know how to communicate their opinions or achievements well.

👍

Yeah, but he already said he wouldn't.

One can dream.

I think they're resuscitating it. Probably it was just to show they could bring it down. And, then show they "love" DT. Yuck.

Why would Oracle, Apple or Google trust this government to not enforce.

Maybe a reaction to the amount of people deleting the app today…. 🤔

And as soon as it's available, I'm deleting my account.