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VITecNet@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Billionaire Real Estate Mogul Hopes to Turn TikTok Into His Utopian Internet Dream

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Billionaire Real Estate Mogul Hopes to Turn TikTok Into His Utopian Internet Dream

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VITecNet@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Frank McCourt says he wants to buy TikTok to make a "new and better version of the internet."
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  • Tronn4@lemmy.world
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    I hope tiktok bans US users to avoid a sale.

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      I’d be fine with that. Hopefully it means grandma stops sending me “funny videos”.

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        The “funny videos” will continue on Facebook until morale improves

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        I find the funny videos being sent endearing almost as much as they are relentless.

      • Pacmanlives@lemmy.world
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        I read this as grandma sending you “furry videos” the first time. I was like what?

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    Sounds a lot like what someone else just did recently…🤔

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      Let that toilet bowl in.

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    “former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, reality show host Kevin O’Leary, and now Frank McCourt”

    What a cast of characters wanting to swoop in an buy this

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    Not sure what buying a short form video platform has to do with creating a new internet dedicated to privacy and open protocols, but cool? Maybe he just wants the user base

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    Wild how the most left leaning social media sights somehow keep ending up in the targets of unimaginably wealthy people who stand to lose a lot from simply making the economy fair. Im sure giving the control of information flow to them will be so much better.

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      Removed by mod

      • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Ahh, you hate what I say but know I’m right so I must be a bot. Sure buddy.

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          The more compelling the argument, the more it’s got to be a nefarious foreign agent behind the message

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    I hope he spends billions on it only to resell it for millions after the internet moves on.

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      The Internet can’t even move on from Twitter and it’s practically radioactive.

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    Utopia from dystopia. 🤔

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