Even if the slop creators go back to Tiktok, Xiaohongshu is a much better experience. Within a day its algorithm started feeding me pretty much nothing but naturalists excited about plants and camping/hiking. Like Hexbear removing all of reddit's gamification elements, that's so much closer to authentic social media. I get much more value comparing native botany with someone in Yunnan than I do from endlessly scrolling a slopified stream of western social media equivalents.

[–] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 44 points 5 months ago

All I'm getting is communist music, PLA hardbass edits, cosplayers, and occasionally "American friends, is this just propaganda or do you actually have to [pay for ambulances, eat raw unseasoned broccoli for lunch, die in school shootings every week]"

So I guess it's working pretty well

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My feed is full of muscular Chinese women cri

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 18 points 5 months ago

Kung Fu Hustler kelly

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 40 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

yeah the algorithm is infinitely easier to sway. interacting with content and hitting the "not interested" button feels like it works 50x more efficient than tiktok.

also haven't seen any ads, or promotional videos that pretend to not be ads. no hearing the same dozen trending audios over and over and over. the memes are funnier, the creative stuff is more creative, the content is more original, and the people are less toxic. + photos in comments. all around a much better experience

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

TikTok has the same “not interested” feature. I think xhs works about the same, just more aggressive. It’s actually a little annoying that I watch one video of coffee or something, then I get like a dozen more after thay; then, it takes a while for the algorithm to show me wildcard content to add to the mix. This might just be an early-algorithm issue though.

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 1 points 5 months ago

It has a sort of "decay" for a topic and will show less if you ignore it a little.

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago

I agree. Im keeping it on my phone and scrolling it still. Ill stick around tiktok but it is already worse than it was (my feed is 50% ads) and will inevitably become worse