With TikTok now formally banned in the USA, hundreds of thousands of customers — together with the platform’s largest influencers are reeling. Many creators took to different social media platforms to share their reactions, mixing humor, frustration, and disbelief.
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Magnificence influencer James Charles went on Instagram in dramatic trend, admitting he was already feeling the loss saying, “I don’t know what to do! I’ve already opened and closed the app 6 times already just to keep getting the same warning message.” He later confessed, “Now I’m rooting for Trump?! Ew! God, like Make America f**king Great again I guess. God!”
On Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump posted on his Fact Social account, “SAVE TIKTOK!” The remark comes someday after Trump informed NBC Information he would most definitely give TikTok a 90-day grace interval as he assesses the state of affairs after his inauguration on Monday.
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In the meantime, Alix Earle leaned into humor, posting an Instagram Story of herself lounging in mattress with a glass of wine, writing, “Thank god for this wine right now. I wish this was a joke, but I sat here and laughed because I’m just sitting and sippin.”
TikTok famous person Charli D’Amelio additionally took the information in stride, sharing a cheeky video to Instagram saying, “Hey reels, how we doin?” The put up, referencing Instagram’s different to TikTok.
As influencers scramble to adapt to the most important shift, one factor is for certain … their creativity and humor will maintain them thriving, even because the platform that launched their careers faces an unsure future.
