Congrats Jaysea! I just submitted my preorder for the paperback through B&N. I've never preordered a book before and I'm so ecstatic~ I've been following Hell's Belles since the beginning and it's brought such joy to my time on TikTok. I can't wait for it to put the same joy on my bookshelves 💙

Wow that's a lot of assumptions about me! Alrighty. But to steer back to the topic, I didn't "[lose my] shit" on anyone. And did you even see her videos before she removed them? She said that she was glad we were gone. The reasons weren't even political. We were just loud and numerous. That's it.

And who are we supposed to hate, and why?

Who is "you fuckers"?

Parasocial relationships are terrible. And saying you're done with them isn't disparaging in itself. But saying you don't miss a good portion of your audience and that your FYP is better without them, is. I think it's reasonable to treat people with respect and not hate an entire country.

She's the one who deactivated her account after she got backlash for admitting how much she disliked Americans. And she was the one that said she was done having parasocial relationships with Americans. Looks like she was planning to deactivate when the ban lifted anyways from those mindsets to me.

If you publicly insult your employer, are they not allowed to be upset? Or are we not allowed to boycott brands who disparage us? She was getting money from those she insulted. If anything, she was on the top of this social heirarchy. And again, she was planning on leaving anyways 🤷🏻‍♀️

If you disparage your fan base, those who have supported you monetarily, don't be surprised when they retaliate. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Well, to be fair, she did say she was done having a parasocial relationship with Americans 🤷🏻‍♀️ Plus she said she was done engaging with TikTok. So... yeah. Plus a lot of her followers and supporters were American. She basically said her life was better without them. 🫤

Yeah I've been there since Monday but it's not the same sort of breaking news I'm used to on TikTok. It's way more chill. I like it though.

So running a small business isn't a "job" now?

The people closing up aren't surviving off Amazon affiliate links. These people sell clothes, stickers, notebooks, crochet kits that THEY designed. They're artisans who're losing their dream jobs.

Don't confuse a business owner with an influencer.

How am I supposed to know how other people are handling TikTok without TikTok?? There's no other news site like it. I keep staring at my computer like "what now?"

At least my phone's battery will last longer?

I want to know how other people are handling the app going down & TikTok was my go to place for up to the moment responses, reactions, & even updates from those local to whatever was happening. Now? Now I've got this site & the lovely spattering of crochety anti-TikTok millennials & gen Xers 🙄

So you don't care if millions of Americans lose their sources of income? Or thousands of small businesses close shop?

Many MILLIONS of Americans. 24 BILLION dollars paid out to creators in 2023. I've had multiple small businesses (5 employees or less) on my FYP this week advertising last sales to clear their inventory because they won't be able to operate without the creator fund, unless they jack their prices up.

The algorithms and general support on other apps aren't comparable.

TikTok nearly perfected their algorithm in that a brand's content would eventually end up on their target demographic's page.

Which means that small businesses would end up meeting their ideal customer.

IG and Meta could never.