With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘RedNote’
www.wired.com
Some say they joined Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book,” to spite the US government after a ban on TikTok became more likely.

American Tiktok users would rather use ACTUAL Chinese spyware app than Meta. XiaoHongShu (meaning “Little Red Book”) and ChatGPT (for translating the Mandarin only app) are currently #1 and #2 on the App store.

  • Greg Clarke@lemmy.caEnglish
    562·
    1 day ago

    Loops is great but it’s not a TikTok replacement for the average TikTok user. The average TikTok user likes TikTok’s algorithms

    • TheFederatedPipe@fedia.io
      221·
      1 day ago

      That is a fair point, but I’ve seen @dansup@mastodon.social talking about what he plans to do about the algorithm to keep privacy-friendly. If I’m not wrong, I recall something along the lines of having the option to self-host your own algorithm recommendation.

      • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
        181·
        1 day ago

        Self-hosting your own recommendations would be amazing. I’m on the Testflight waitlist for Loops, hope I can get access soon.

        • TheFederatedPipe@fedia.io
          71·
          1 day ago

          Yeah, that would be dope. An average user probably won’t use it, though. But having the option is great, and for user who don’t opt in for self-hosting probably an option to export their algorithm data would be cool, for things like changing instances.

          • Greg Clarke@lemmy.caEnglish
            3·
            16 hours ago

            I would love to have the option to set the algorithm, like if I’m feeling sad use an algorithm that optimizes for happiness, if I’m feeling lazy use an algorithm that optimizes for inspiration, etc. This is the future I want