If TikTok bites the dust (as usual. It is expected to be done on Sunday.) Billionaire Mark Cuban says he is ready to finance an alternative video-sharing platform built on a protocol developed by microblogging site Bluesky.
Since President Joe Biden left office Sign the order Calls for TikTok to sell its platform to the United States or risk a nationwide ban There's a lot of anticipation around what could fill the gap if the app actually leaves the country. Many want to buy The original app from ByteDance, whose Chinese parent company ByteDance has repeatedly said is not for sale, is now Cuban offering an alternative version of the video-sharing app that might be better for everyone in the long run.
Cuba shares ideas TikTok video Posting on his account on Tuesday, “There is an app called Bluesky and it is built on AT Protocol,” Cuban said. “I would be open to investing in supporting anyone. Or whoever created the TikTok replacement built on AT Protocol, so if you have that ability. Please let us know in the comments,” Cuban said, “if you create an MVP that is a minimum viable product. so that I can see That would be better. Because clearly I think you will get a lot of support,” Cuban said.
It is not known whether Cuba will actually follow through on such investments. The idea is interesting, though. The appeal of Bluesky is that it's clearly a social media platform. It is “decentralized” by allowing users to host their data on servers other than the company's. While the majority of decentralized web users Not counting Blue Sky It is part of the official animal feederAnd others claim it's just a site. “Cosplay” in decentralizationThe site has some benefits that you can't get from sites like X or Facebook. AT Protocol is a federation protocol that allows users to create their own interoperable apps and servers. While maintaining a relationship with Bluesky's user base, in that sense it gives users more freedom than other sites.
Bluesky has tried to present itself as the antidote. X– formerly the most popular microblogging site Nutjob tech billionaire Elon Musk has ever since. Converted into his own personal propaganda machine. The platform was created by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey in 2019 as Twitter side projectsIt spun off into its own company when Musk took over Twitter. Since then, Dorsey has part with the platform but the website also has Continuously growing– A recent study claims that what is called There are “Twitter quitters” Help grow Bluesky's user base to more than 27 million people (for comparison, X is estimated) 250 million daily users–
The idea of having a TikTok-style site that works more or less like Bluesky is cool, though. But it's unclear if TikTok's app in the US will actually die. The company is doing everything it can to court President Donald Trump. New Trump Hoping to receive a last-minute pardon. That's on Thursday. Report received TikTok CEO Shou Chew will attend Trump's inauguration ceremony also said that that he is considering an executive order to preserve the platform