r/technology • u/HellYeahDamnWrite • Jan 15 '25

Social Media TikTok Plans Immediate US Shutdown on Sunday

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiktok-plans-immediate-us-shutdown-153524617.html
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u/sstroh22 Jan 15 '25

Reddit was founded in 2005. It got popular on the web in a time before mobile clients. Reddit was popular, and then had dozens of apps that the users could choose from. Loops not already having a user base and also having multiple clients is not a good recipe for mainstream success

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u/FrozenLogger Jan 15 '25

Got to start somewhere. And people make it sound like a million users is a success. No it is more like satisfied users, no matter how many join.