Mina Kimes

Do you agree that TikTok and its popularity is rooted in this idea branding that it's the one social media app where you actually tend to feel good. Like that seems to be, it's joyous, it's fun.

Right. So like part of my understanding was that TikTok in America was very different from TikTok in China and that we got the version that is far more brain rotting than the one in China. And that to your point about like, is it corrupting its users health in some way? I can see the argument there. That made sense.

Right. So like part of my understanding was that TikTok in America was very different from TikTok in China and that we got the version that is far more brain rotting than the one in China. And that to your point about like, is it corrupting its users health in some way? I can see the argument there. That made sense.

Right. So like part of my understanding was that TikTok in America was very different from TikTok in China and that we got the version that is far more brain rotting than the one in China. And that to your point about like, is it corrupting its users health in some way? I can see the argument there. That made sense.

When it comes to like privacy, though, which is another big plank in this sort of argument, it just feels like nobody cares. Yeah. Like, as much as it is on paper a really important priority, nobody cares.

When it comes to like privacy, though, which is another big plank in this sort of argument, it just feels like nobody cares. Yeah. Like, as much as it is on paper a really important priority, nobody cares.

When it comes to like privacy, though, which is another big plank in this sort of argument, it just feels like nobody cares. Yeah. Like, as much as it is on paper a really important priority, nobody cares.

Including the TikTok CEO.

Including the TikTok CEO.

Including the TikTok CEO.

to replace it but Mina the whole thing about like kids it's also adults who just I think are like we are so far gone yeah like we're not losing sleep over this and so who's actually fighting for the banning of this thing other than people who are worried about you know the Chinese government from a governmental political perspective

to replace it but Mina the whole thing about like kids it's also adults who just I think are like we are so far gone yeah like we're not losing sleep over this and so who's actually fighting for the banning of this thing other than people who are worried about you know the Chinese government from a governmental political perspective

to replace it but Mina the whole thing about like kids it's also adults who just I think are like we are so far gone yeah like we're not losing sleep over this and so who's actually fighting for the banning of this thing other than people who are worried about you know the Chinese government from a governmental political perspective

Katie, like the whole thing about we're going to lose all of this stuff. What would you have missed the most as you were contemplating TikTok being at least temporarily banned?

Katie, like the whole thing about we're going to lose all of this stuff. What would you have missed the most as you were contemplating TikTok being at least temporarily banned?

Katie, like the whole thing about we're going to lose all of this stuff. What would you have missed the most as you were contemplating TikTok being at least temporarily banned?

So, wait, did it feel like that, though? Is that part of TikTok's whole thing? Is that unlike Instagram where it's, like, tied to some real account? Like, TikTok was sort of a more open field of...

So, wait, did it feel like that, though? Is that part of TikTok's whole thing? Is that unlike Instagram where it's, like, tied to some real account? Like, TikTok was sort of a more open field of...

So, wait, did it feel like that, though? Is that part of TikTok's whole thing? Is that unlike Instagram where it's, like, tied to some real account? Like, TikTok was sort of a more open field of...

Yeah, kind of. But that question being of, like, what can you not do?