Comment by fuzzfactor

>such a platform would be used to reverse social trends unfavorable to the owner,

Could very well be why Tiktok appeared to begin with, as the original owner's mission.

You're right, anyone who replaced it would most likely have the same mission.

Otherwise,

>expect one of the trends they should reverse to be… their own existence.

Yeah, that won't happen.

Very few could afford it anyway, probably only the usual suspects.

Ah, so Confucius say "Enshittification will be its own reward".

I guess that's as enlightened as things are going to get :\