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I think the actual internal business model is motivated more by the desire to capture the Tik-Tok audience than the Parler audience - it's much larger.

However, it is true that from a purely business viewpoint, you'd want a platform that was equally popular with left-Democrats, right-Republicans, and unaffiliated-independents.



It has been noted that Tiktok is not on the ban list, possibly because of Elon's personal decision to reinstate "libsoftiktok", a prominent harrasment account.

> equally popular with left-Democrats, right-Republicans, and unaffiliated-independents

A large number of forces are making this increasingly impossible.


Random unfounded speculation: he also doesn't want to risk souring his relationship with China.


He didn't ban YouTube or Twitch either. TikTok isn't banned because it's not twitter like.


   > "libsoftiktok", a prominent harrasment account
What?

They literally post exact quotes that have aged poorly and/or posts that are evidence of clear double standards and hypocrisy. That's a public service if anything.


> desire to capture the Tik-Tok audience

The TikTok audience is the one that would also refuse to use Twitter specifically because of Elon.




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