[kec]

If that’s the case this was totally bungled, the app was down for less than 12 hours, overnight during a weekend. If they wanted maximum effect Trump wouldn’t have tweeted until 5pm eastern to give people a chance to come to terms with the shutdown actually happening.

[jvm___]

They want to be able to livestream the inauguration tomorrow on Tiktok.

[kec]

Sure, but TikTok coming back online around this time would have also allowed for that & been more effective propaganda for Trump as savior of the app.

[wumeow]

It gave people all of Sunday to react to the shutdown on TikTok ahead of Monday where the focus will be the inauguration.

[ajdude]

They shut down long enough to get attention but not long enough for people to find another platform