Comment by jonathanlb

Comment by jonathanlb a year ago

> Does the US really want a (hostile?) foreign govt to have clear direct access to [...] americans

Apparently, American users want this? Approximately 700k users have joined RedNote, a Chinese platform. It's out of the frying pan and into the fire for Americans.

w0m a year ago

For perspective on the the root issue, that number seems incredibly high, and it's still only ~.5% of estimated active American TikTok users.

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tivert a year ago

> Apparently, American users want this? Approximately 700k users have joined RedNote, a Chinese platform. It's out of the frying pan and into the fire for Americans.

There are 335 million Americans, and a lot of them are stupid and/or foolish.

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sanktanglia a year ago

Well yes, people are addicted to this content so of course they'll seek out alternatives. People want to be distracted by pretty pictures and funny stories and someone telling them their opinions are right

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airstrike a year ago

700k rounds to zero. YouTube has ~240 million US accounts, Instagram has ~170 million.

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EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK a year ago

Every Android owner automatically has a YT account, so that doesn't count to much.

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