What's the first thing people should do after TikTok is banned? Find a job perhaps. Not really. Instead, X users decided to ask an employee, who will probably lose his job after this, everything they could ask about the app.
An employee decided to YOLO and spill company secrets to the general public since it is shut down in the US. People got creative and asked everything they could think of from their algorithm to their ulterior motives. The users didn't hesitate and neither did the employee.
They threw balls of questions at him and he smartly hit home runs with each answer. The answers were intelligent and satisfying and didn't reveal too much about the company.
Hilarious questions users asked a TikTok employee on X
Here are some of the funny questions and smart answers that were posted on X that will give you an insight into how people think and how the company works.
X user @kkiran asked 'Top ten engineers should band together and create a new app. Kudos to your engineering prowess!'
X user @joshcolemanal asked 'Why is the support so bad? I've been trying to regain access to my account that got hacked for like 2 months.'
X user @tetron432 asked 'When TikTok is banned tomorrow, will the data centers and servers go dark too? How do you suggest creators save their favorite videos that they uploaded?'
X user @Majikqp asked 'Why will it be banned?'
X user @MikeChaves_io asked 'Is TikTok really a national security risk? Are millions of Americans being fooled by the CCP?'
X user @vegita9019 asked 'If TikTok isn't doing anything other than what gov/other apps do why is getting targeted?'
X user @techman01 asked 'Why do they take 50% from creators? No other platform takes anywhere near that. Even greedy Apple is 30%.'
X user @FoodPorn asked 'Is it true that China TikTok highlights more developmental and educational content, and that here in the US, content is 'dumbed down'?
X user @NathanJClement asked 'Are they doing layoffs or waiting till the dust settles?
X user @electMikeHarvey asked 'Who is TikTok's largest rival? How much user data do they already have and what type?'
X user @VCBrags asked 'Who is winning Rams vs Eagles tomorrow?'
X user @LucciaoLucy asked 'Would you let your children use TikTok? High school-aged.
X user @Crook3dArm asked 'Between Mr. Beast and Mr Wonderful, who would've been your pick for owner?'
X user @srvc76 asked 'How much data scraping did China do?'
X user @cyothevile asked 'You didn't answer my question last time. Are a lot of you people going to X or Meta?'
X user @macewan asked 'Why didn't any take this and end date seriously?' The TikTok crowd acted as if this was breaking news.
X user @dfarella asked 'What are the chances it's done in the US for good?
X user @MGallagherJBP asked 'How many internal emails were in Mandarin?'
X user @MikeeBuilds asked a two-part question, and only the second part was answered. The second question was, 'If the ban still happens, how do you think creators will adapt?'
X user @heyizmadz asked 'Are you sad?'
X user @namedobject asked 'Did you learn anything about human behavior or tendencies by how users used TikTok?'
These questions are something that everyone on the planet wants to ask social media apps and it's nice to see some of them getting answered. It gives the users some insight into how these apps and the people behind them work.
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