Jack Conte created Patreon and has interesting insights about the TikTok and the way TikTok has reshaped all of social media. For us making Nostr, we can be an alternative platform for creators.
Discussion
forced divestiture, not a ban!
I mean. It’s shut it down or sell it. But they need Chinese regulatory approval which the Chinese government says they won’t grant.
The government problem worth tiktok has nothing to do with competition, or metadata, or privacy, or content creators, or making too much money, or data centers, or shift of social media preferences. It has to do with one thing and only one thing:
The heat button being used by a hostile state to influence the minds of western youth toward a death spiral of mental health
Jack Conte has some great takes. I think watching some of the keynotes he’s done over the past few years are super insightful when working on Nostr projects