“First of all, I feel pathetic that I’m freaking out like this over an application being unavailable on my phone, but also, this has been a massive part of our lives for the last six years and normally when something like this happens I would get on TikTok and start complaining and I can’t even do that.”.
Makeup artist, James Charles, reflected on the loss of the app by posting a video of himself on his Instagram Story saying that he had no idea what to do with himself and “probably opened the app like six times just to get the same stupid message.”.
‘This is so dystopian’: TikTok influencers in panic as app finally goes dark in the US The social media platform began displaying a ‘not available’ message on Saturday.
Leading up to the ban, many influencers spoke to their fans one last time either to thank their viewers or explain what they were going to do next, such as turning to the Chinese app, Rednote.
However, other influencers such as Emily Senn, who had 348,000 followers on the platform, cried over losing TikTok as she explained how it helped her get through some tough times in her life.
