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No. Zuckerberg has been lobbying the Chinese government for *years* to enter their market (so he could get their users’ data), but it’s been a stone wall and it will literally never, ever happen. So he got mad and lobbied the USA to block TikTok, because if he can’t have their toys, they can’t have his. Because the government is pay-to-play, they went along with it.
The beauty of this Xiaohonshu migration protest is that The Powers That Be literally thought that the user base would just roll over and go back to meta products (or YouTube shorts), as it was bought and paid for. It’s like the modern day Boston Tea Party.
Comment by mikehaysjr at 15/01/2025 at 20:46 UTC
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I realize there may be some small sense of rebellion here with the users, but comparing it to the Boston tea party is a hilarious overstatement.
I’m not arguing against the point, only the difference in direct messaging and effort.
Comment by ParticularFamiliar10 at 15/01/2025 at 21:55 UTC
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If you're para social friends jumped off a bridge because the US government banned it would you follow the herd?