FYI: If you’re looking for a TikTok alternative. Loops.video is available in early access – from the makers of Pixelfed – and will be federated and open source once it goes gold.
If I were a nefarious government whose spyware psy-op app was being banned I’d start an astroturf campaign to get people to swap to a different app controlled by me by using the algorithms in my current about to be banned spyware app.
Just saying.
I’m not sure China wants westerns using their internal propaganda app. Mixing the internal and external propaganda quickly leads to absurdities.
They’ll probs just segregate the users
The moment it becomes available for Android, I’ll partake! I was/am a fan of TikTok. I learned a lot about world happenings from people as they experienced it first hand.
I know lots of people here hate TikTok because they think its a bunch of people dancing or whatever, but I saw a lot of good shit on that app.
It is available on Android. It’s not in the Play store, when you sign up, they send you a link do download the apk
Oh my bad! I must have clicked the “iOS Test Flight” link first earlier.
Thanks for the clarification! Ive requested my access, so I’m stoked!
What’s the red one? I’ve seen that icon multiple times by now.
Rednote, it’s like tiktok/insta, but chinese.
There’s a lot more interaction between the Chinese and American users than tiktok ever had.
spoiler
In my own polianish way, I find this cultaral exchange on rednote both wholesome and also it gives me hope for something more. The Chinese people are obviously oppressed by their government, but it’s not that much better here (corporate oligarchy) and is about to get a lot worse. Two peoples whose overlords have tried to convince them that the other country is an enemy, coming together and finding common ground. Maybe working together for a better common outcome, despite both governments trying to keep them apart. I can dream anyway.
