[fwxwi]

TikTok is, as the title says, a social network for cheerfulness and fun. I don't use it, but I can understand they outright ban politics: 1) they avoid becoming the vile cesspool Twitter has become, 2) they avoid being asked by governments around the world to take down posts, 3) they avoid being targeted in propaganda campaigns.

[conformist]

I'm sympathetic to the argument for banning politics outright. However, this would imply making sure that all politics is banned in practice, and not that the platform has the right to selectively ban politics. I'm not convinced tic toc does that.

[fwxwi]

Yes you have a point. As I've said I don't use it, so I don't know how it goes. What I'm saying is that a politics-free social network is not only possible, but desirable.

[lonelappde]

What is the definition of "politics"?

[navaati]

In Ireland there is an implicit rule that at the pub you don’t talk politics or work, looks similar…

[jessaustin]

I can understand excluding politics, but why are we drinking if it's not to lubricate our complaining about work? In what context is it acceptable for the Irish to complain about work?

[yowlingcat]

One could be drinking to lubricate complaining about one's home life! Perhaps the state of society! Ah, I'm only mildly joking...

[geekamongus]

I've seen at least a dozen pro-Trump videos in my For You timeline since I joined TikTok a few weeks ago. Haven't seen any dissenting views or posts, and I have stayed away from politics myself.