#I'm expecting a flood of workarounds and VPNs in the coming days

[buginateacup]

I'm estimating something like a 10% chance of trump reversing the tiktok ban(unless one of the other cringeys pisses him off in which case expect it in about 5 minutes). But even if that happens, the trust is broken. None of those businesses or users are ever going to rely on it ever again. They're not going to rely on government having any kind of fairness towards small business ever again. (Is there a class action by small businesses about this yet? It wouldn't surprise me). I'm glad to see people finding an alternative in xiaohongshu and the opening up of more of the world. I genuinely think it's great.

And I think this will accelerate the redistribution of social medias that much faster. I remember when I had accounts across multiple platforms, all for different purposes. Deviant art, forums, fanfic, MySpace, Viber, even if I was connected to the same people across different platforms, the conversations we had changed the same way they do if you're catching up for a 10 minute coffee or a weekend trip away. Social media has been consolidating for a long time now. And unless someone huge like apple comes in with their own app, I think we're going to see a lot more of this early days web with different accounts, different platforms and different focuses.