The confusion around the video app’s future has left creators at a loose end – or issuing goodbyes.
It’s been a busy few weeks for wildly popular video app TikTok, culminating in President Donald Trump saying he could ban the app in the US. Some users – including those with millions of subscribers – are worried.’Fun while it lasted’ On the app itself, TikTokers are mostly treating the drama with the community’s trademark humour. One of the top videos marked #SaveTikTok is a father doing a martial arts kick that magically changes his clothes, showing him getting ready “to deal with” the people trying to ban the app. Another is a joke election ad for Mr Trump’s rival Joe Biden, promising the “kids” that “if you vote for me, you can keep your tickety-tock”. But others are genuinely worried, and have started trying to send their viewers to other platforms, just in case. Popular creator Isabella Avila – who goes by onlyjaysus – told her followers: “Back when this was trending a couple of weeks ago, I genuinely didn’t think it was going to be banned.” Now she has urged her eight million subscribers to “go ahead and follow all my other socials because I post there a lot”. Another TikTok creator, Erinsamjo, pointed her 909,000 followers to Instagram. “I’m going to continue to post, I just wanted to express how thankful I am for the people who were here – just in case I didn’t get another chance,” she said.
