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.
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2025
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What's the red one? I've seen that icon multiple times by now.
Backup Chinese spyware since TikTok is going down.
Hahahaha, nice!
RedNote, a China based TikTok clone that TikTok users are flocking to as a form of protest.
Lemmy tankies have mostly latched onto it because they see the TT ban as the US government censoring their totally-not-CCP-propaganda machine. Even though the laws enforcement mechanism mostly amounts to having app stores delist it (Website, already installed apps and sideloaded should all remain working)
It is more of a instagram clone than tiktok clone IIRC.
Rednote, it's like tiktok/insta, but chinese.
There's a lot more interaction between the Chinese and American users than tiktok ever had.
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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.