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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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] 83 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Fediverse fanboys when they realise that their obscure and socially complex software isn't know by many people specially outside of the tech bubble, and that it's not the same experiences that they will get with their known platforms:

edited Gru with an uncanny smile

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 6 days ago (18 children)

I used to think that the perceived complexity of the fediverse was creating a hurdle for more adoption.

Now all these fucking people are learning Chinese to better use RedNote.

Apparently convenience isn't actually a barrier? I'm baffled why so many people are flocking to anything other than the fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I think it's probably marketing more than convenience

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

I agree. You have to either be in the tech sphere or privacy sphere to know about fediverse apps. Outside of reddit refugees I don't think anyone using the normal apps know about fediverse options or what that even means to be decentralized. I don't think it's really a functionality or convenience issue, we really need our own special interest groups or something to help with fedi app branding and PR. Not sure if that is even something that is crowd sourceble?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I don't even .... Just odd.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (8 children)

TikTok doesn't want the data of the average person becaue they aren't valuable in any way.

TikTok is being blocked because they can manipulate their algorithm to feed influencers to them that push pro-Chinese stances.

Imagine a hypothetical hot war between the US and China where China is telling a significant number of the US population what to think. I specifically say it that way becaue I don't believe any US company has a significant user base is China.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

We live in a society…….

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"This is why Trump won!!11!"

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I like your welcoming attitude! /s

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They want a platform that isn’t controlled by oligarchs yet they go to a platform that is controlled by the CCP, interesting

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean the CCP isn't an oligarchy; it's an old school dictatorship.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You have been site-banned from .ml

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

FWIW Pixelfed's been growing like crazy the last couple days

Source: https://pixelfed.fediverse.observer/dailystats

edit: loops has a much smaller userbase but has also gained active users in the last couple days: https://loops.fediverse.observer/dailystats

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not the first on the app store, unfortunately...

I understand people arguing that a lot of advocacy work is on tiktok, hence it is important; but I really wish good people can advocate on good platforms, instead of monopolistic data-hungry tech oligarchs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🙈

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