Comment on TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover

gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean, it’s charted #1 on social media on the app stores. It’s an explosive rise in popularity, but that’s not unheard of. If anything, I suspect that the popularity is manufactured. It’s likely some company running an astroturf campaign to capitalize on the fact that people are tired of TikTok’s censorship BS.

  source

  • mrdown@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Or people are just tired of zionist propaganda and want to support a palestinian made app

    source

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My big concern right now is actually the fact that the “no censorship” part is already being weaponized by Nazis. I suspect it will quickly fall prey to the Nazi Bar Problem. I gave the app a fair shot. Opened it up, and the very first post was a “the Jews are secretly running the world” post from an account named something like @ItsAlwaysTheJews. It had a caricature of a Jew (big nose, long sideburns, and yarmulka) reaching out of a TV to steal a watcher’s brain.

      Okay, not a great first impression, but that’s inevitable on a free speech app. Let’s keep scrolling. Three or four more posts down, and I was met with a “Hitler was right about the jews” post. Yikes. The fact that those were up front and center (on the default “Ranked” sort) for my brand new account was… Not a great sign.

      source

      • jaennaet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Holy crap that’s even worse than I thought. I tried making an account just to check it out myself even though I’m not at all interested in the service itself, but their email verification emails just never come through even though I tried several times (I’m using Proton, and no they didn’t end up in spam). Seems like I’m much better off, never having to come into contact with… that.

        So this isn’t even a “from the frying pan into a slightly cooler frying pan” situation, but more like “from the frying pan into the open core of a nuclear reactor”. I wouldn’t be surprised if this even further radicalises Americans

        source
      • GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        the “no censorship” part is already being weaponized by Nazis.

        Yeah, this is the inevitable result with any app that tries the no censorship schtick. It happens every single time, obviously this time won’t be any different.

        source
      • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Jesus fucking Christ.

        source
    • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The Palestinian made app is unironically a hub for nazis and islamists

      source
• Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This advertisement is exaggerating, I would say.

  source