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TikTok dealt a serious blow to the Western consensus manufacturing apparatus. We saw that with Gaza especially. This deal is a step towards taking back control.
by g8oz 1y ago
TikTok dealt a serious blow to the Western consensus manufacturing apparatus. We saw that with Gaza especially. This deal is a step towards taking back control.
- corimaith 1y agoMore like walking straight into another form of "consensus manufacturing". You are not more informed than people a decade ago.
- fullshark 1y agoIt's not a matter of more or less it's a matter of what information you receive and in what order.
- fullshark 1y agoMaybe these crypto-zealots who scream about decentralization will actually try and build a thriving decentralized media instead of pumping and dumping shitcoins?
- cogman10 1y agoThe problem is that it's hard to make these things popular. There are several ActivityPub services that are pretty good and even have decent UXes, but they aren't super active. A major issue is it's confusing and the funds are limited.
- SketchySeaBeast 1y agoYeah. I'm on Lemmy and Mastodon, but it ain't exactly jumping, and I'm sure part of it is definitely the confusion around how to get going and what it is. Lemmy at least is also pretty buggy, and I'm not able to find posts I saw a few hours ago, but ultimately I don't really know what the draw is or even could be for the average user.
- frollogaston 1y agoFederated chat/social always goes back to similar usability and technical problems as email, except with a broader scope so it's even harder
- anaganisk 1y agoTikTok won because it has an algorithm that works, People are crazy for views and likes, and don’t mind the silliest content, not chronologically ordered posts, which none of the services u mentioned have.
- zer00eyz 1y ago> try and build a thriving decentralized media This exists today, it has always existed, and you never needed technology to find the solution to it. Im a huge fan of the film Rope, because it is just done well. Its also got a ton of coding in it for "homosexual" themes that were very much banned at the time of filming. Understanding these paints the film in a whole new way... Shakespeare has a ton of contemporary satire coded into it. Unless you're aware of history or reading a version that illuminates the meta-context you would very much be unaware of its existence. It happens in modern film: Paul Verhoeven is a master of it. If you dont think there are coded communities on existing social platforms sharing information among in members I have news for you.
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- bootsmann 1y agoTaking back control by _checks notes_ handing the Chinese propaganda tool to supporters of the current administration?
- paganel 1y agoYes, indeed. As the current administration, any US administration in the last 30-40 or years in fact, is for a fact very pro-Israel, so a move like this can only cement that stance.
- fullshark 1y agoYou wrote this as a snarky rebuttal but you seem to be agreeing with OP? Confusing post.
- bootsmann 1y agoI didn't realize I was agreeing with op tbh (and I'm still not certain)
- hopelite 1y agoPeople don’t seem to realize that none of these issues are a light switch, red or blue, left or right, my team vs your team; a template the system has worked hard to confine people into especially in the core of the empire, America, because it makes management easier. It starts as early as childhood cartoons/movies. You are/project yourself as the righteous character and they are the zombies, bad guys, evil wizard, etc. Things are never that simple, but that’s why people are trained into this format. It’s easier managing things when you’ve constrained people into a duality and even intentionally set them against each other to distract. What is confusing to people is that things like TikTok is like ranchers battling over control of the cattle. Most don’t realize they are not ranchers, as they graze and consume what they are fed to think and engage with.
- yibg 1y agoYes exactly. The US government likes propaganda. They just don't like it when other countries do it.
- SilverbeardUnix 1y agoOracle owned Tiktok with right-wing and Trump friend Larry Ellison at the helm is a step in the right direction? That's crazy.