I wounder if tik tok gave trump a million what will happen.
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Realistically, how much duolingo would one need to do to be able to use RedNote in chinese?
The owl will have you study "the man has a red scarf" for two years before you get to words like "save" or "add to watchlist".
The dog paid for all the groceries in cash.
Fucking trash app being steadily more and more enshittified by "AI" and somehow adding another level of subscription every other month.
I've been doing Spanish at the same level for over 400 hours.
I learned more about Spanish from 30 minutes of language transfer than in nearly 1000 days of Duolingo.
It's a trash app if you want to learn another language.
Duolingo gains money by keeping you hooked, not by being effective
Does this mean they'll finally give us lessons beyond HSK3? Because those final 6 repeating lessons are driving me absolutely insane T-T
imagine being THIS attached to brain rot apps
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Not that I disagree, but let's not throw stoves in brass houses
Because of the conduction?
That’s what happens when you have some of the best user experience people and engineers in the world specifically designing for addiction. Facebook is no different, but their most successful demographic is. My grandma is hopelessly addicted to scrolling FB reels and my fiancé is hopelessly addicted to scrolling IG stories. Different target demographic, same goals
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People are fucking stupid. I don't think there's any point in banning TikTok but they're not wrong when they say it pushes Chinese propaganda and they're probably not wrong when they say that they're using it to spy on people.
So angry TikTok users want to make that worse for themselves out of spite?
Idiots.
Have you actually ever tried using tiktok? Or do you maybe think everybody on there just does silly dances?
You could have scrolled down the tiniest bit...
Oh. Didn't see that. Sorry. Anyway, I'm not quite following what you wanted to say with "So angry TikTok users want to make that worse for themselves out of spite?". What are you proposing here? That people come back to USA owned social networks, because RedNote is "chinese" so it's bad? Is there even a distinction between the twos? One stoles your data, the other one does the same. On RedNote they censor you, sure, but the same could be said about Meta apps, that for example censor Palestinian content. Anyway.. i think i kinda lost the plot. Imma head to bed.
It's possible to use social networks that are not in the pockets of any governments. Or are even commercial ventures at all. You would be using one right now.
Not once, not one single time while using the app, have I ever come across the app pushing Chinese propaganda.
I understand a lot of you, who have never even tried to give TikTok a chance mind you, don't fully understand that once YOU curate YOUR algorithm, it becomes 90% only what YOU want to see. Trust me, I used to be one of you. I thought it was the dumbest thing to get on an app to watch people do dumb things, or to dance.
I had a partner at the time who would send me TikToks, and one day they sent me something that really impressed me. It was a very well done explanation of an animal, I can't recall which right now. I was VERY impressed by his explanation of this animal I had never even heard of. So, I made one and followed this person.
I got LOADS of dumb shit thrown my way at first, but I told the algorithm I didn't want to see these videos, and then... I get 90% of videos targeted towards things I like such as: activism, home improvement tips and tricks, tech related (videos about networking, good alternatives to programs that are ran by shitty people, etc.), skits that I find funny, and others who feel the same way I feel about this world and the way it is currently running. I had always felt like I was one of very very few people who care about these things, but TikTok showed me others who felt the same. People sharing their woes, people actually raising valid points like the Hong Kong protests and even getting millions of views. There is so much more out there than I can type out.
So, while I understand your face palm moment with this person, it is quite funny to always see these arguments of "TikTok bad" when you haven't even tried to use it, and are only going off of the dumb people who use it and show/like dumb things. Dumb people post on YouTube, but no one talks about how stupid that is. God forbid an app I've never used do that too!
No hate, as like I said, I was once someone like you. There's dumb shit on every platform, even here. You could've found out that there were plenty of videos that you would enjoy if you had given it a chance.
And to those who automatically get all patriotic about data and shit, the American social medias are not only worse, but use YOUR data in worse ways than a foreign country can. Not once did TikTok ask me for my location, and only the first time upon opening the app did it request permission for the camera and mic, which I denied, and it never asked again. As far as I know, Facebook/Messenger/Snapchat/Instagram CONSTANTLY want you to give them permissions even if you denied them before.
I don't expect anyone here to care, because "TikTok bad", but it is what it is.
I agree with this take, mostly.
I think it's highly likely the app collects far more data than it should on you. And there are probably subtle things they can do to manipulate the broad sentiment without entirely changing everyone's feeds. That being said, yes, the algorithm really is just what you make it to be.
I just imagine if there's something that the government doesn't like they identify, it disappears. But TikTok is so big it's hard to catch everything I'm sure. Even with AI etc...
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For most people, the personal consequences of China being able to spy on them are nonexistent. The government that can actually abuse such power against them, e.g. prosecute them for out of state abortions, is the US.
So protesting the US banning an app and trying to force people to use their own spyware social media makes some level of sense.
It's still obviously better to use privacy preserving and/or federated services, but that's not something most people know about or understand.
Individually, sure it's mostly meaningless. As a group? Did you see who won the latest election? The actions of the collective are always what matters. China (and everyone else) doesn't care about you as an individual, but they do want to nudge society.
I didn't say they don't, but again, that is the same for US based social media and even more so for traditional media. Almost everyone is pushing an agenda these days.
Most people believe that they are smart enough to not fall for propaganda. Unfortunately, most, if not all of them are wrong.
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Half the population thought the US government was trying to kill them with a vaccine and a face mask while they coughed themselves to death.
You're absolutely right, people are fucking stupid.
The us population voted the Cheeto in a second time, kinda says it all really.
Every time this comes up I’m gonna say it, yes there are a lot of stupids. But it takes less than half the US to elect that asshole, and indeed less than half of Americans voted for him.
But more than half we’re stupid enough to let that happen.
I literally had a friend breaking down over it and I suggested Fediverse alternatives and they looked at me like I had sprouted an extra head.
I even explained that US companies aren't doing anything materially different than Tiktok (propaganda and spying on people), and they're all bad. Still looking at me like I'm some kind of maniac.
Everyone bitches about corporations but so few want to actually stop sucking on their fucking teat.
People hate thinking. It blows my mind, but it's the only thing I know for sure.
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Soon Duolingo will be teaching you phrases like "Down with the imperialist scum!"
I don’t think CCP would like people being against them in Mandarin
If you want to learn a language, Duolingo is pretty much the worst way to do so. Seek out community-created resources for your target language.
It depends on the language tbh. Several languages on duolingo are decent ways to dip your toes in the water for language learning, I've heard good things about the Spanish, German, and Mandarin courses. But it's really dependent on the language, I tried Duolingo's Irish course and it was so bad that I'm still trying to unlearn a good amount of misinformation, really soured language learning for me even though I eventually got a good course elsewhere.
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