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TikTok goes dark in the US as Trump says he's likely to give ban 'reprieve' (www.sbs.com.au)

submitted 6 months ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to c/worldnews@aussie.zone

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[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Probably time to try Loops or something else.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Too bad Loops is basically impossible to join. The verification email takes literal hours, if it ever arrives at all.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That's 'Loops by Pixelfed' for anyone else wondering: https://loops.video/

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In solidarity with our US friends, I shall not install that app on my phone.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago

I was thinking a social media app without Americans sounds wonderful.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I actually joined Rednote just to see what it's like.

It's cool, being on a platform that's mostly people from another country/culture/language. You see that people are pretty much the same world over.

..... Same inane bollocks from "influencers", same stupid jump cuts constantly to make something boring look partially exciting, always with the end goal of pushing some product or service. But now it's in Mandarin, and the brand names are written in moonrunes so I don't know what they are.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Disappointing to hear it's filled with "influencers". I wonder how popular a platform can become without allowing the petty grifting and attention seeking tricks of social media.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I’ve found red note to have far fewer of the American-style “just trying to sell you something” influencers. Chinese influencers seem to just stay in their little bubble of focused content.