I do this to my son as well and I have to admit it is unreasonably effective.

Slay. No Cap, Fanum Tax that Skibidi.

Are those people also making posts like "I'd rather get shot by Mao than use Instagram Threads/Reels" right now?

That's true, but proportionally they're a vast minority.

The algorithm segregates based on physical features, which can make sure they don't see one another with frequency.

It's known to use facial recognition to boost videos of "beautiful people".

https://www.dexerto.com/tiktok/tiktoks-algorithm-prioritizes...

Counterpoint: Reels, YT Shorts

For a 1MM kids, not for 169MM others. They will go where there is the least friction which is likely a Meta or Alphabet product.

Just not if you're gay.

Even if that could occur, they don't have time to hire, design and implement it before their window of capturing the wave is over. RedNote is in a right place wrong time situation that would be in a worse position that Tiktok was in for scrutiny since we already had the house the data here legal battle with Bytedance.

the sauce = tiktok's algorithm. The audience doesn't figure that out, the company delivering the videos to you does. So far, no one else seems to have even come close. GenZ are proactively against Zuck, so that's even a bigger hole for Reels to overcome. Rednote doesn't have the algo people want and its interface isn't in English. It cost zilch for those kids to make a RedNote account. They are literally making it a meme. They wont be there in 2 months when no one else is there, and the joke is over. RedNote will have even more heavy handed moderation than TikTok as it is currently sharing its userbase with Chinese citizens. RedNote is not an answer to any of the underlying wants or desires of the Tiktok community except for a extreme minority of the TikTok userbase who are rallying against the US govt/Meta. Personally, I think the ban is within the power of the US government to do but do recognize the very real concerns and view of those who think the government shouldn't have done this. The incoming administration is free to seek to undo this if they want, but it can and should take an act of legislation to undo.

Does China not have holidays? Us isn't great there with a total of 7 federally recognized holidays.

Mostly just lots of translation. Lots of American and Chinese users are putting translations directly into posts and comments to make it easier for others.

They're detecting Americans now somehow and setting the language to English by default; I didn't have to change the language. The translation looks pretty rushed but it's enough to navigate the app. The community guidelines are, notably, still only in Mandarin.

The posts are largely subtitled in both Chinese and English regardless of the spoken language. Comments are often in both languages, but if not you can click Translate.

You install the app, and can set the language.

> Am I missing something obvious, or is that only available in one language? How do American teenagers use that?

It's to spite the United States Government. And it's hilarious.

https://social.coop/@eb/113829092915144918

It qualifies already, but I really doubt it's going to take off for many reasons. It isn't TikTok, the CCP has a much heavier hand there (ask the kids who ran into a 48 hour review period for their posts), and frankly I don't think the CCP is going to appreciate a bunch of mostly young, leftist teens sharing their ideas with Chinese people. The reaction to "Here's how you can organize a union/3D print a gun" has been hilariously predictable.