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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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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

What should we expect from people who voted in a rich, old, white guy as their savior.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 44 points 11 hours ago (7 children)

If you want more people to join the fediverse, you have to improve the user experience. People don’t want to read an article breaking down what the fediverse is, how to join an instance, how to find content, etc.

Streamline the join process so it doesn’t require learning the lore and technical training. Stop promoting the fediverse generally, and instead push people to easy to use frontends and popular instances. Remove the barriers to entry. If they want to dig deeper into different instances and the technical stuff, let them do that later. Stop loading the info dump at the front.

[–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 13 points 10 hours ago

You get it. Well said.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 9 hours ago

I agree that promoting the fediverse generally kind of doesn't make sense. People join communities, not web protocols.

I wonder if we shouldn't talk so much about "the fediverse" as we do about individual instances, because that's what people actually join. They get the rest of the fediverse for free, but their home server will always be home. Just like with reddit back in the day, how I may not have identified much with the reddit overculture, I did love some of its communities.

Like look at the difference between the slrpnk communities, and the programming.dev communities. That's something to be celebrated, like, come join this server - look at all the cool things we're doing!

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

instead push people to easy to use frontends and popular instances.

I've seriously thought about starting up a website to do exactly this. The problem is I already have a mile long project list. Oh and I suck at UX lmao, backend and hosting/infrastructure stuffs that's my jam. Putting together a nice UX with a good flow and then successfully promoting it....

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Pixelfed’s app release seems like a good start.

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[–] Whateley@lemm.ee 17 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

"I'm protesting American oligarchs and the surveillance state by willingly giving my personal data to Chinese oligarchs and the surveillance state. Lol, get rekt. I am very smart."

[–] holo@lemmy.wtf 3 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

Yes, as there is nothing China can do to me.

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[–] HBK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I know we are all on here because we dislike the kind of algorithms that tik tok, Instagram, and Facebook have, but that is exactly the thing my wife was looking for. When I had her download pixelfed and loops she was like ' I have to search out content and manually follow people like I did with Facebook back in the day?' and she uninstalled.

Algorithms can be addictive and evil, but for some people that's what they're looking for.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Okay, well I have impulses to go and get drunk, do hard drugs, and attempt to sleep with random women. None of those things are close to a good idea for me.

Just because you feel drawn to something or a type of thing does not make it healthy or a good idea for that person. Taking desires and expressing them in a healthy way is important, desires dont just disappear.

[–] TeraByteMarx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

It's fascinating how Lemmy users view internet consumption habits as a reflection of personal ethics. You can't always hold other people to the standards you've achieved. Using and navigating Lemmy takes effort insight that the majority just don't have. Being alive also takes effort and can be very painful. Sometimes people just need to be able to turn off and zone out. Try not to place value judgements on the ways that other people do that.

[–] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 0 points 3 hours ago

I think you're hung up on how Big Tech has designed feeds with the express purpose of keeping you there for as long as possible, or even more perversely, as enraged as possible.

But algorithms can be made to serve other purposes, and I think the fediverse could do with a curation algorithm. Or even better, multiple choices for algorithms to suit your preferences and needs. From what I've heard, Bluesky offers something along those lines, which has contributed to its adoption rates.

I think if Lemmy devs wanted, they could probably come up with some great starter options. Heck, maybe they make it easier for everyone to customize their own algorithms. Not sure how far you get without knowing how to code that sort of thing directly, but even a little would go a long way, I bet.

[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Some people's aversion of algorithms on the fediverse kind of reminds me of people's aversion of GMO food. Genetically modifying rice to contain more vitamin D is probably good; genetically modifying vegetables to contain more cyanide would probably be bad. Algorithms don't have to be built to maximize "engagement;" they can be designed to maximize other metrics, or balance multiple metrics, or be user-customizable.

IMO, Mastadon is much worse off for their refusal to implement any kind of algorithm outside their "explore" feed. When I tried using Mastodon, search was unhelpfully in chronological order, and my home feed just got overtaken by the people that post the most. In contrast, Lemmy's handling of algorithms is pretty good, imo.

As bad as search engines are now, they'd be even worse if they just gave you results in chronological order.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Its not even the algorithm I dont like, I'm sure I could manipulate it to how I want if I put the effort in, its the bite sized videos and even shorter comments, often single words or phrases. I can't move on from thing to thing that quickly. The fediverse suits the pace at which I like to consume information and allows me time to think on it, and more importantly, interact with opposing views in meaningful ways.

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You can't put videos on pixelfed, right? That unfortunately means it's not a competitive platform. Video is what people seem to want.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

You can. Your instance just needs to up the max size or turn it on.

Example from someone who only has one video as the sample content. https://pixelfed.social/p/Sarahschannel/785335877987047968

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 22 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Somewhere deep in the CCP...

Senior Operative: "What intelligence have we gleaned from the Americans so far?"

Junior Operative: "I'm beginning to think this well is dry."

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[–] Lila_Uraraka@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 hours ago

We are using it mainly as a massive middle finger to the US government

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I have long since given up on Normies ever coming to the Indie Web, federated or otherwise

Ever since the big Xwitter exodus, when people went to BlueSky when Mastodon was right there.

[–] nieminen@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Xitter* (x pronounced sh style)

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 0 points 3 hours ago

yes, we've all seen this tired meme

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

" . . . giving Rednote access to their data as a show of protest . . ."

That's a special kind of stupid.

[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 29 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 9 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Reddit got quite successfull over the years.

I think the potential audience for lemmy is huge, just that people havent gotten the same marketing hype/trend like you pointed out.

[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Reddit userbase absolutely skyrocketed when Obama (then president) did an AMA. The site was never quite the same after that

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

others say they are purposefully giving RedNote access to their data in a show of protest against the wishes of the U.S. government.

really?

[–] Lila_Uraraka@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 hours ago

Yes. Why? Because pettiness

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 7 points 16 hours ago

idk, pixelfed is doing great.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 23 points 21 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.

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