I think anyone surprised by the move from #TikTok to #RedNote wasn't paying attention. Privacy isn't a major concern for TikTok users. Jokes about "Chinese spies" and "FBI agents" abound.
The assumption is that they're being spied on. Many are willingly trading that for nigh infinite video content served by an algorithm that takes their preferences into account.
Content and Curation are the appeal. Both.
"Make your own feed with no algorithm" is not appealing. It defeats the purpose for many users.
The move to Rednote is as much about sticking it to the US Gov as it is about moving to a similar app
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩
in reply to NaClKnight 🧂⚔️🥊 • • •yeah
if we ever want #mastodon #fediverse to grow, it has to be dead simple
dead. simple.
"i don't want all these normies on mastodon"
you kind of do
otherwise they are off in #twitter land or #rednote land or #facebook land getting mindwiped, and then voting
you can curate your mastodon experience to your hearts content, and avoid them all
don't worry about #eternalseptember on mastodon
worry about #plutocrat agendas controlling hordes of zombies
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Toni Aittoniemi
in reply to Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩 • • •I don’t want to touch that Curtis Yarwin’esque bullshit with a ten-foot pole!
Solidarity or bust!
Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩
in reply to Toni Aittoniemi • • •i hear you brother!
i mention it because the anti-normie sentiment exists, but it disgusts me equally as it does you