{"id":42744334,"user":"IgorPartola","time":1737156489,"time_ago":"19 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Unsolicited pressure from whom and what form does it take?","comments":[{"id":42744350,"user":"boredtofears","time":1737156646,"time_ago":"19 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Other accounts on the app. Mostly comments from my understanding.","comments":[{"id":42744541,"user":"slg","time":1737158611,"time_ago":"18 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

i.e. peer pressure that exists absolutely everywhere and is in no way exclusive to TikTok.","comments":[{"id":42744701,"user":"boredtofears","time":1737160426,"time_ago":"18 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

They don’t get this kind of pressure on YouTube or IG.","comments":[{"id":42744850,"user":"slg","time":1737162417,"time_ago":"17 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

So what are you actually claiming here? Do you think these comments are coming from fake accounts?","comments":[{"id":42744898,"user":"boredtofears","time":1737162995,"time_ago":"17 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

There is an undercurrent of opinion on the platform that happens to align with Chinese worldviews that is strong enough to make politically neutral (or at least abstaining) influencers on the platform uncomfortable.","comments":[{"id":42744964,"user":"slg","time":1737163868,"time_ago":"17 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

It really feels like you are repeatedly trying to imply something nefarious without actually making any accusations of nefarious behavior. All you have really said here is that some of the people who use the platform don't have the right opinion and therefore it is understandable to ban the app. That seems like an incredibly hypocritical argument to make in defense of the actions of the American government.","comments":[{"id":42744988,"user":"boredtofears","time":1737164090,"time_ago":"17 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

I'm not sure how you arrived at that interpretation of my comment but it does seem to be the one you were trying to goad out of me with your responses so you could reply with this.","comments":[{"id":42745081,"user":"slg","time":1737165076,"time_ago":"16 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

>I'm not sure how you arrived at that interpretation of my comment but it does seem to be the one you were trying to goad out of me with your responses so you could reply with this.

What a weird comment. I goaded an interpretation out of you? I was just trying to get at why you seemingly think TikTok is different than any other social network and your response was that "There is an undercurrent of opinion on the platform that happens to align with Chinese worldviews". But I guess the bad faith alarm has already been triggered so not much point continuing from here.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":7,"url":"item?id=42745081"}],"comments_count":1,"level":6,"url":"item?id=42744988"}],"comments_count":2,"level":5,"url":"item?id=42744964"},{"id":42748102,"user":"computerthings","time":1737206138,"time_ago":"5 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

After the Holocaust, some wondered "whether there can be poetry after Auschwitz", and here we are being told that condemning genocide -- and being uncomfortable with people who fail to do so -- is a "Chinese worldview".","comments":[{"id":42749887,"time":1737221643,"time_ago":"an hour ago","type":"comment","content":"[deleted]","deleted":true,"comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":6,"url":"item?id=42749887"}],"comments_count":1,"level":5,"url":"item?id=42748102"}],"comments_count":5,"level":4,"url":"item?id=42744898"}],"comments_count":6,"level":3,"url":"item?id=42744850"}],"comments_count":7,"level":2,"url":"item?id=42744701"}],"comments_count":8,"level":1,"url":"item?id=42744541"}],"comments_count":9,"level":0,"url":"item?id=42744350"}],"comments_count":10,"url":"item?id=42744334"}

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