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What The TikTok Banning Really Has Done
Creators shifting, lives upended. All for what?
Even though I never used the platform, the effects of banning a platform can be felt across and be relatable with ease.
As creators, our lives depend on platforms these days in order to receive a variety of benefits. On Medium, my reach is a lot broader and clearer than creating a blog and finagling with Google Analytics.
Social media functions in the same way as it allows a space for people to share their joys, experiences, and thoughts with other people. And for small businesses it’s a way to thrive.
Social media — as a concept — is a fundamentally good thing as it allows people to thrive. It allows people an outlet to express themselves and connect with other likeminded individuals.
But those concepts get eroded over time as the world is pushed further towards capitalism. Where certain people crave more and sneer at anything or anyone trying to be a little different.
TikTok, for all of its faults, was a unique one in several different ways and banning it has done more harm than good in a great deal of ways.
