This app could potentially supplant Tik Tok overtime. As Tik Tok’s censorship following it’s acquisition by US investors such as Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi-based MGX, and UpScrolled already having questionable ethics, this may be the path forward.
No. No more Vines or Shorts or TikTok and shit. It’s a fucking problem. Stop it.
Exactly. Ethically sourced brainrot is still brainrot
Yes, exactly. It’s just a way to successfully manipulate people to believe how you want them to.
And we don’t want leftists doing that, so let’s make it a moral failing.
Exactly. I have ZERO desire to use this app, or even PixelFed for that matter. Does that platform even have a legit user base or just bots?
Oh get over yourself
I hate TikTok too, but it’s not going away without comprehensive legislation regulating social media. Until then, a fediverse alternative that’s not ruled by corporate algorithms would at least be a form of harm reduction. Think of it like a Safe Injection Site program; it’s not great that they’re still using, but at least they’re getting clean needles.
I’ll tell you what, that’s a fair point.
It’s getting there, but still needs a good amount of ui fixes. The below mentioned are my personal issues with the app.
- scrolling is sometimes wonky with flicking to the next video and goes past 2 to 3 other videos
- double-tapping to like is a sorely missed feature
- tapping the home button should refresh the feed
- using foldable cause issues with how things are displayed and sometimes causes a takeaway you back to there beginning of the feed
All this being said I still use it. They are making progress and I hope they keep going.
That’s cool, still not gonna consume short form media. Idk why people with the desire to have healthy online habits would appreciate this new product. It’ll be slopped with politics and AI in no time like Lemmy is already suffering from.
