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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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So far, Americans using RedNote have said they don't care if China has access to their data. Viral videos on TikTok in recent days have shown Americans jokingly saying they will miss their personal "Chinese spy," while others say they are purposefully giving RedNote access to their data in a show of protest against the wishes of the U.S. government.

"This also highlights the fact that people are thirsty for platforms that aren't controlled by the same few oligarchs," Quintin said. "People will happily jump to another platform even if it presents new, unknown risks."

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Xi's 50 Cent Army will be kept busy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The fediverse as a whole has missed a huge opportunity here. I never see anyone talking about it as alternatives to twitter or tiktok, only bluesky and rednote. AFAIK we have no alternative to tik-tok that is viable right now, so I don't know why anyone thought we could manage that one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Loops would be the fedi alternative for tiktok, no? I think. And I agree..but fediverse has only a little word of mouth (reading your comment I feel guilty not pushing it to my friends a little), no money for these viral campaigns/swarms of new users.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the fediverse needs a simple onboarding process like "signal", to overtly simplify it for casual users. Also, I only heard about loops today and it appears so far it only has a specialized iOS app that requires a special "alpha" mode to be enabled, and no android app. Not exactly ready for primetime.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

EasyPeezy for you to say! :D but yeah if it's not even in the appstore..Pixelfed has seen a boost at least

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

every little bit helps, hopefully the steady "drip" of user growth can take over, in the long run. As long as people stay on these platforms.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Seems astroturfed to me

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Americans are populist trend followers, get what they deserve. Even China banned TikTok 😂

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Even China banned TikTok

Not quite, TT is available in China, BUT the CCP mandates they use a special algorithm for the Chinese audience that promotes positivity, education and other quality content rather than just whatever is popular

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

K, sounds better than a platform strewn with lies and disinformation used to fabricate political influence

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

The fediverse and the decentralised web has a long way to go and need to learn a thing or two about UX unless it wants to join the plight of Linux distros.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People were sarcastically making the comment about sharing their data with the Chinese government. AFAIK there has been zero evidence that this had been happening in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's definitely happening, but it's not why tiktok was banned. The government doesn't care who gets your data.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

What are you basing that on.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Its OK, I dont mind lower numbers on fedi. Feels more like The Good Old Days™ of forums. More people, more shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I mostly agree. I do miss some niche communities, though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

At least we don't have to worry too much about bots or "karma addicted".

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