Anxious about a looming TikTok ban, some American creators look to other platforms

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Replacements are being devised. From the same article:

There has also been early buzz around possible replacements for TikTok. Some creators and users have mentioned several emerging apps — such as Clapper and a yet-to-launch app called Neptune — as options.

Though Neptune has been in the works only since May, its CEO, Ashley Darling, said the sudden “mass panic and hysteria” over TikTok’s looming ban injected so much user interest in the new app that her team is pushing up its release date to next spring, with beta testing to begin as early as January.