The number of people in the comments celebrating censorship by our own government while also claiming China is authoritarian is insane.
this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2025
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This is the third story I've seen today that was basically "Tiktok users flee service to other chinese service app you've never heard of"
So basically the usa banned tiktok, and now there's 3 other tiktoks, all connecting the same amount of data for china, just through 3 different services instead of 1.
Honestly, I don't even believe these articles. At some point it just starts to sound like they are making things up.
I mean, this is real easy to fact check. Open whichever playstore you prefer and sort by most downloaded. Red note and 8 will be up there.
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Wow. They really went with Xiao hong shu?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotations_from_Chairman_Mao_Tse-tung
I knew Xiao Hong shu translated to little red book, but I didn't put two and two together until now. That's freaking hilarious
I thought it was hilarious for the same reason, but I don’t think anyone in Chinese refers to that book as 小红书. It’s the 红宝书. I’ve never been to China and perhaps google/Baidu/Pleco isn’t going to perhaps pick up that kind of usage, but I think it is more of a cross cultural accident.
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I look forward to the people who don't realize that Red Note will just get banned too.
I don’t think they care. For most, this is just a middle finger to the government
The problem is that that sometimes if you give the government the finger... you might not get it back.
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I don’t want to rain on everyone’s parade but I think the law bans all apps with over 1 million users that are based in China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea (“foreign adversary controlled applications”) where you can make a profile and share content. WeChat would definitely count. So, Red Note is probably/possibly going away soon too. I guess VKontakte is Russian and still in the app stores.
The media is focused on creators and TikTok, obviously. But a WeChat ban would probably suck for people with grandparents in China since that’s the “everything app” there. (I don’t know what China bans but even if there’s other messaging apps allowed in China, teaching your elderly Chinese grandma to use a different app on a ~12h time zone difference is probably not a fun activity.)
Russia is no longer an adversary with the incoming administration, Putin owns Trump and their interests are now are own.
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Meet the new app, same as the old app.
And those people will turn around and cry about privacy issues. The cycle repeats...
No one on TikTok cares about privacy
Those users:
"Hold on. Stand still as I do a back flip over your shoulders so I can kick you in the face bro."
"Ok bro"
I do recommend the movie, if you haven't seen it!
Oh, yep, I love Kung Pow! It was one of the more memorable ones growing up. It's tupid fun watching it every time.
I will always upvote Kung Pow!
Good ole wimp lo.
We trained him wrong. As a joke.