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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Americans are populist trend followers, get what they deserve. Even China banned TikTok ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours 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

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 33 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Turns out normalizing mass surveillance makes people not care about being spied on

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Xi's 50 Cent Army will be kept busy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Seems astroturfed to me

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Also our developers are too poor to ge oligarchs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

I don't want TikTokers on the Fediverse, thankyouverymuch.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

"I don't want AOLers on the web. The open internet should just be for us enlightened few"

JFC, * don't want you pricks on the fedi. Can't you go back to BBSes or something and wank each other there?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

while I laud your sentiment, it's those who needlessly pick on BBSers who need to be ejaculated from the internet.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The TikTok algorithm shows you what you want to see. My TikTok algorithm was history, math, and language learning content.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 14 hours ago

It shows you what keeps your eyes on a video for longer, on a frame by frame basis. "Want" is a slightly separate concept.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

you can defederate with groups but gatekeeping the entire fediverse feels wrong

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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 21 hours ago

We've been here the whole time

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I do! Their opinions affect us; the fediverse reduces a social problem.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

I feel the same. I prefer less crowded places, but I believe it would be better for us all if people left any kind of corporate or attention draining social media.

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