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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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[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 8 points 50 minutes ago* (last edited 49 minutes ago)

Lemmy is great but it does not hit the spot for a large-scale consumer social network because that's just not the philosophy (It also lacks the unified identity because of its greatest feature: federation)

People are not searching for an aggregator of small forums of friendly tech people, they want to be part of the next big thing.

If you work on apps as a front-end, you probably understand that Lemmy requires too much hassle to get started with UX-wise.

It's engineered for a niche, and it's perfect to me but obscure for the majority of people who were trained to use the same UX for years and years.

No algorithm, no feeling of fame, rarely drama, content takes some time to be updated. Those are features to me but hindrance for large-scale adoption I believe.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

The tiktok ban was never about China. It was about killing off a dissent medium.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 16 points 4 hours ago

Apparently some Israeli-Americans went on Red Note to specifically asked Chinese people what they thought of Israel, and users basically said they were "Devil's on this earth for killing babies" which like...damn. Even through the Great Firewall they aren't beating the allegations.

So I'm sure the Israeli lobby will get that banned next, we shouldn't worry.

[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 hours ago

People so stupid

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 46 points 8 hours ago (2 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

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 minutes ago* (last edited 9 minutes ago)

Sure, but people cannot cry about a service disappearing when disappearing resistant technology exists and just needs attention. Like, it's being worked on, either help or get out of the way and quit complaining

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

As someone who isn’t tech savvy I only joined the fediverse when I had no other choice when Apollo shutdown (except of course going back to Reddit)

Heck when I heard talks of lemmy hearing the word servers was enough to spook me out of joining until last minute

I had a point in here somewhere but I’m so tired i lost it so feel free use your imagination

[–] watty@lemm.ee 32 points 8 hours ago (3 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.

[–] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 2 points 15 minutes ago

A big barrier is the UI, the default lemmy UI is terrible.

The apps aren't great either, I'm very techy and haven't found one feels as nice as reddit (and the reddit app has many issues)

Normies just aren't going to push past all those barriers

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

show me a federated system that has a bunch of cool tiktoky videos….
afaik, it’s mostly text and that much data would be a huge problem

[–] amon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Loops by Pixelfed

IMO it is DOA because the whole point of TikTok is the feed algorithm. You're not supposed to pick what to watch, the algorithm knows your interests. The idea of TikTok therefore is fundamentally unethical and any libre alternatives will be hindered by the fact that users want the unethical part which no developer should or wants to implement.

[–] nroth@lemmy.world 24 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I think it's probably marketing more than convenience

[–] witten@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

It's marketing, but it's also the value proposition. Average Joes don't see the value in decentralization, privacy, or the freedom from corporate control. Although that may change under an authoritarian regime....

[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 10 points 8 hours 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?

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 20 points 9 hours ago

Ptime example:

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago (1 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.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 3 points 5 hours ago

And because of the potential blackmail stuff I suppose

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 54 points 12 hours 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

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 53 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 38 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

You have been site-banned from .ml

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

In addition, every hour, on the hour, a jackbooted wannabe PLA soldier that looks remarkably like they could be any random 15 year-old kid from Cleveland will be at your door to read- and mispronounce several paragraphs of The Communist Manifesto.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 68 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours 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

[–] coherent_domain@infosec.pub 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours 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.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 100 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

Lemmy doesn't have the censorship and speech-control from those platforms, but it pretty much distributes your data widely to anybody that asks for it.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago

On that note, I’d be shocked if one or more of the alphabet agencies haven’t developed a half-duplex version of the fediverse platforms purely for surveillance purposes. The openness of the ecosystem is really nice, but the default promiscuity of the protocols in question does have some specific and notable drawbacks.

[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 92 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Hear me out: if you post stuff publicly, it is out there. The issue is data that shouldn’t be public getting public

[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 28 points 12 hours ago

This is it. A strong public domain benefits everyone. It is why open source software works.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

AFAIU Lemmy sends your username, a user ID, and URI along with your message. That's pretty innocuous.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

It's way less innocuous than you think.

But yeah, it's only the stuff that you'd expect it to send. And only the stuff it needs to send. But the thing is, the valuable data those social networks gather is almost exactly that. They will invade your privacy and get everything they can, but the real value is on that and what you read. (What you read isn't shared here.)

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Content sure, but not where you are when you posted it and other meta data

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

So they are stupid.

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I like your welcoming attitude! /s

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Truth hurts some but eases others irritation.

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[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 33 points 16 hours ago (18 children)

They’d be right at home at .ml

[–] Dearth@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Not everyone who is willing to use redbook is interested in the authoritarian gatekeeping done in the outrage farm known as lemmy.ml

You might be surprised to learn that there are plenty of leftists who aren't interested in marxist-lenninism at all

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 13 points 13 hours ago

Sir we're all outrage farmers, it's why we (mostly) left Reddit.

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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I do find it kinda funny that that the US gov. Was using "CCP propaganda" as an excuse to ban a platform of expression, and now many of those users have begun using an app that actually has a history of defending the CCP

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago

Personally I just like the fuck you energy behind it all.

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