Right after the Golden Globes, the prim and proper Hollywood buzz that also harbors a good chunk of influencers found itself at the burning in the catastrophic wildfire that has come to be called the Palisades Fire. The fire comes at a time when the country is undergoing another major decision regarding the video hosting service or to many, their most used app, TikTok.

Given the intensity of the fires, a comparison between the TikTok ban had not been made far and wide. However, social media personality, Matt Ramos has provided a jarring reality of the unfortunate impacts of both.

The gilded buzz of the Golden Globes seems to have made way for a more literal blaze in the form of the wildfires that have taken over burning, displacing hundreds and thousands of individuals and destroying several homes, including the $6.5 million mansion of Leighton Meester and Adam Brody. While one may think that this could not get worse, Matt Ramos has reflected on how the TikTok ban will actually do it.

A Hollywood stat himself, Ramos, reasoned that what is a beloved digital distraction to many also serves as the bread and butter of others. With several individuals having successfully quit their 9-5 jobs and starting businesses on the platforms, the ban of the app would mean eradication of their livelihood.

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While the statement did earn Matt Ramos the wrath of a few on X, where outrage is the native tongue, it proved, in hindsight, to be less a hot take and more a cold truth.

Given that the name itself sounds akin to a noise a child would make while procrastinating their homework, the app and what it provides has been reduced to mere entertainment. That entertainment happens to be the mitochondria of TikTok's cell is true; it is also evident through the net worths and red carpet appearances of Addison Rae and Charli D'Amelio that it is a life changer.

Since the wake of influencer culture, several have been inspired to create and make a living out of the content they post on TikTok. Moreover, as Matt Ramos mentioned, it also happens to be the rearing hub for small business owners, and a ban on the same would very much mean unemployment on top of the displacement that the Palisades Fire are already providing.

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