Hi there, I've had the app tiktok since I was young and I've seen how much it's grown and changed and developed over the years, and its insane how huge its gotten. Over 170,000,000 AMERICANS use the app, that's not i counting any other country like oh my gosh. But I've also seen how basically over the course of five, almost 6 years it's documented my life. I've been able to go back and watch myself grow up into a teenager and its left me speechless. My heart breaks thinking about how today is our last day with this app. And my heart breaks even more knowing that what is essentially my digital diary is just going to disappear in 12 hours. Some may say its just a stupid social media act but no one understanda its platform has helped over 70 million small business flourish aswell has help so many pay the bills and still have some left over and so much more. The tiktok ban was never about our safety from our information being taken or any of that sort, its because it was starting to have to much power. People were realizing that America and the government and supreme court isn't all glitter and sparkles. So its a ploy to have control. I am genuinely devastated about this but I hope someone even if its trump’s orange shrimp dikce will pull through and we can AT LEAST get an extension. Anyway, good luck everyone and please download everything that is important to you in this all because it very well could disappear in a matter of hours.

I remember downloading tiktok when it was a meme to have it. But I just wanted to check it out. But since 2019, it’s been hands down the best app I’ve ever used. It might sound braindead to even say a sentence like that, but it was legitimately the most fun I’ve ever had on an app. I was able to find people I could relate to, post that I found funny, issues that mattered to me along with research and evidence that I’d make sure was correct, and overall got content I cared about. I’ve changed so much these past 6 years, and some of it is due to tiktok. Ive changed my views because I was able to see the perspective of others. And you know what? I don’t think that’s dumb to say at all. It’s not about being chronically online, that’s not at all while I’ll miss tiktok. I’ll miss it because I was able to connect with so many different people. People who’ve had different views and experiences. Shared their hobby and their culture. Disagreements could be settled so much easier when you realize these are actual people that you’re talking to. TikTok brought the whole world closer to each other. I won’t miss the app. I’ll miss the people and their creativity. Thank you tiktok for giving us the tools we needed to connect with each other. Especially when covid turned our lives upside down. Maybe one day we’ll all meet again. But for now this is goodbye. At least we enjoyed it while it lasted.

I have been using TikTok since 2019 and TikTok has been the only thing I can go on to express my feelings and how my day is and without Feeling judged TikTok is a very app where I could just dance and laugh and just experiment life I just love TikTok so much and it hurts my heart to see that it’s getting banned and truly I don’t think it’s gonna stick and I hope it doesn’t and that they will continue to keep TikTok in the App Store where we can express life and just have fun I don’t think TikTok is a bad app it’s helps young teenagers toSocialize and to show off different talents and appearances I just hope that we can get this band to stop and that we can keep TikTok where young teenagers like me can continue to Experience and learn and Come Together as a Family because TikTok has taught me so much and help me learn so much from expressing my feelings showing off my talent learning how to dance learning to do make up hair all the things that you need to learn and want to learn in life I have learned from TikTok and it just hurts my heart to see that TikTok will no longer be here and I hope that we can change that because I have made so much people and friends on this app that I caught family now because TikTok has been with me through so much and after a long day I could just lay down and watch TikTok and laugh and I really hope that I can continue to keep doing that.

i think tiktok is and always has been a great platform. Small businesses and people able to get famous as young as 13. one thing that is really cool is how many communities are on there no matter how niche you can always find a few fans. i recently started getting interested into DC superhero’s about a year ago and the edits on the app are so cool. sometimes edits about supernatural or the batfamily or harry potter or really any popular franchise can invoke more emotions than the piece of media they’re about. so personally, i think the editing community will be the most affected. yeah you can go to reels but the editing culture was mostly on tiktok because instagram was an app made for personal photos to be shared. tiktok, although not entirely a new concept, became the easiest and coolest way to get fun quick 15 second videos on your phone. i’m going to try to find a work-around the ban. i’ve used this app for almost 6 years at this point and for people to just take away whole communities, businesses, and sometimes peoples entire income just seems… malicious. i truly don’t think the ban will stick but if it does, i want to say goodbye to everyone who ever followed me, liked a video of mine or people who became mutuals with me on the app. i really am going to miss it if this becomes permanent. (lowkey cried this morning because of it) please someone.. save tiktok.