| ▲ | switchbak 11 hours ago |
| Honest question: why would an American consciously seek out multiple Chinese apps on purpose? |
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| ▲ | yamazakiwi 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| To be punk rock. The main reason I see thrown around is most younger users don't care if China has their user data and understand that the government is banning it for their own selfish reasons (money). |
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| ▲ | azinman2 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You state that the US gov is banning it for money as if that’s a fact. I’d love to see the evidence for that. The irony is that China bans essentially all US social media. I guess these users don’t care a ton their selfish bans? | | | |
| ▲ | slt2021 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Freedom. Americans want freedom of speech without interference from the US government. TikTok was banned because of sharing anti-zionist videos documenting the genocide of Palestinians. | | |
| ▲ | switchbak 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | Americans turn to a dictatorial psuedo-communist government that has direct control over this social media platform so they can get MORE freedom? I call bullshit. | | |
| ▲ | slt2021 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | Chinese social media has pretty transparent upfront censorship regime: dont criticize CCP, adhere to One China Policy, dont push LGBTQP+ propaganda, everything else is allowed. Americans on red book are surprised to see the actual life in China and are shocked how different it is from american MSM propaganda about China, you can find plenty of these threads on Twitter how tiktok refugees are amazed by how brainwashed they were by US mass media | | |
| ▲ | IAmGraydon 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Please give us some examples of MSM propaganda about China. | |
| ▲ | switchbak 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Ok, so besides not being able to talk about these immediate 3 third rails, we're completely free to talk about anything. What a perfect platform for free speech idealists to flock to. What in the actual hell, why wouldn't they go to one of the various other free sites that isn't controlled by such an obvious bad actor? Unless of course they don't care at all about that and they're really being quite dumb. And yes, of course real life in China is different than that displayed in corporate US media. Real life in France, Australia, Nigeria and Svalbard are all different than what is displayed there too. None of that makes it a good idea to be so outrageously stupid as to adopt such a platform. |
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| ▲ | IAmGraydon 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Because deep inside, most people are still children, desperate to declare their autonomy. |
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| ▲ | slt2021 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| if China has US consumer's data they can do very little harm as they lack enforcement. So its not a big deal to use Chinese owned social media app. US however, if it has data on US users, has all the means to cause harm to US users, starting from censorship and persecution. UK and Germany for example are jailing people for social media posts https://www.standingforfreedom.com/2024/08/think-before-you-... |
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| ▲ | switchbak 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | That seems decidedly short sighted to trust your enemy more because your own governments also do harm. | | |
| ▲ | slt2021 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | it signifies lack of trust from US citizens in their own government that lied non-stop for decades and kept brainwashing them with one false narrative (like Iraqi WMDs) after another |
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| ▲ | zwirbl 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | >... jailing people for social media posts More like jailing people for inciting riots by repeatedly and vehemently posting proven wrong information. Freedom of speech is great and all, but you are advocating for freedom from consequences | | |
| ▲ | slt2021 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | This is such a slippery slope. If I post on my social media that I hate my government and its policies - it should be protected as political speech. You cannot jail people for their thoughts. Unless a person is physically present in public and is inciting violence in person, they do not violate anything |
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| ▲ | a2tech 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Apparently currently they’re posting tons of 3d printed gun content. People are weird. |
