They’re leaving like redditors to Lemmy. There’s dozens of them!
TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover
Submitted 2 weeks ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/867958/tiktok-upscrolled-app-us-takeover
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Perspectivist@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
It’s more like Twitter to BlueSky, which was a pinch more.
FukOui@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Oh come on. Another centralised social media service that could be compromised. Wtf is wrong with these people
FirmDistribution@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think it’s hard to host a video-focused social media on the fediverse, I imagine it would have a high cost to maintain.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Build it on top of Bittorrent. If you like a post, you’re seeding it. When you want to stop seeding it, your like goes away.
Then popular things will have a large pool of seeds mitigating much of the bandwidth cost to the instance host.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
At least they are showing a willingness to move
E_coli42@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
99% don’t know what the Fediverse is. I can’t blame them for jumping ship to Upscrolled since it’s what they have heard of.
jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
And me, living in the dark woods of Lemmy and Mastodon, have never, until now, heard of this ‘upscrolled’. I really like my ignorance-laced way of life.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 2 weeks ago
Any non centralized platform would probably fall under the amount of users, unless they have some special funding
Also, some creators want revenue and shit… and decentralized platforms don’t allow creators to earn money
CluckN@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah how come they won’t hop to a tankie filled content desert that is Lemmy? Where else will they find Facebook memes and US politics?
ripcord@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well because why would someone look at Lemmy as a TikTok replacement
quips@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Is there a federated/decentralized version of tiktok? Right now would be the perfect time to implement one of these.
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
There is but it’s not on any app store yet, not even f-droid
Broken@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I don’t really fault them when they don’t know there is an alternative. And the alternative isn’t clear cut and/or very good.
I do fault them for when they think that the platform is the solution and don’t expect the same thing to happen.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
its that even their app installs is driven by recommendation algorithms of the app store. google will never recommend social media apps to people that don’t try to destroy society
mctoasterson@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Here’s an idea. How about we abandon ragebait shortform slop/garbage aggregators entirely, and stop rewarding them with excessive device permissions and personal data.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How about we abandon ragebait shortform slop/garbage aggregators entirely
In my day, we listened to AM Talk Radio! 16 hours a day, to and from work! None of this prissy little short form phone slop, no sir. It was three hour long shifts of Rush Limbaugh, Don Imus, Doug “The Greaseman” Tracht, and Sean Hannity. I earned my hate honestly, by fiddling with a little dial on my walkman and getting five commercials about cigars and dick pills every eight minutes. I got to hear bad riff tracks about how Japan was taking over our economy produced on a AKAI S900 that had been dropped down a flight of stairs. I didn’t know these people even had faces until Limbaugh showed up as a talking head for the NFL for a few months.
The very fucking idea that these stupid petulant spoiled woke lib fuck-around find-out kids are getting their news from a five minute long vertical visual display? OOOOOOOOoh it makes me SO MAD! I hate 'dem kids. I hate’m!!!
mctoasterson@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Yeah, let’s not do any of that shit either.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You know that you could be against both, right?
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Those podcasts still exist, too. I think these short form videos are more like amateur magazines, they’re way more fun but flip-side unedited potentially troublesome content
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
What? No, that’s a horrible idea.
Zeon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Device permissions? That’s not the issue. I think people just lack software knowledge and should learn the difference between proprietary software and Libre software.
If people understood how to check the software license and determine if it’s a free software license, that would cover almost everything they need to do to help us stop having this problem with picking the wrong software.
Furbag@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Literally anything but FOSS, huh?
Out of the frying pan and into a cold frying pan.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
FOSS is just too much of a hassle for most people, unfortunately.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 2 weeks ago
Plus algorithms suck there.
TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It unironically is, and it’s not entirely the fault of the users either. The average person doesn’t know what FOSS means, what instances are, or what a federated service is and many platforms do a poor job of explaining what those things are and why they are superior.
Additionally, people need to understand that FOSS is not a selling point to the average user and that throwing that term around will go in one ear and out the other. As far as they are concerned their apps are already free because they don’t have to pay a transactional monetary value for them and “open source” is beyond meaningless to them and they couldn’t care less.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
There’s a FOSS tiktok equivalent?
hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
DeltronZero@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I looked it up in the App store out of curiosity and holy crap that app almost as bad as TikTok for privacy. Though I suppose people jumping ship from TikTok aren’t too concerned about data privacy or else they wouldn’t have been using TikTok in the first place.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Fucking, lol. It’s not even close. How did you find that conclusion?
Tiktok shares a ton with third parties and needs a lot more permissions.
FirmDistribution@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not federated. Nothing stops this app from getting worse in the future, right?
mrdown@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I trust my palestinian brother who created it
AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
If they're brown, they can't let you down.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
merdaverse@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I tried it for an hour or so and it’s absolutely filled with Nazis. One of them was criticizing Elon Musk and Trump for not being nazi enough. No thanks.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
An app made by a Palestinian guy who’s very much politically active participating in a no censorship gimmick? This was always the inevitable end result.
merdaverse@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
No, it wasn’t. It just needs content moderation. There’s zero reason for a Palestinian guy to platform white supremacists.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 weeks ago
They are switching in huge numbers. Literally dozens!
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Is this like UpDog?
nulluser@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Its website says the platform will remain “impartial” to political agendas, won’t shadowban users or content, and will “uphold social responsibility.”
I don’t feel, in this day and age, like you can be politically impartial (i.e. allow fascists to use your platform to spread their propaganda) while simultaneously upholding social responsibility (i.e. not allowing fascists to use your platform to spread their propaganda).
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I gave it a shot. I opened the app, and immediately scrolled past a “Jews are ruling the world” conspiracy theory post from a user named something like @ItsAlwaysTheJews, then a few posts down there was a “Hitler was right about the Jews” post.
So yeah, it has definitely fallen prey to the Nazi Bar problem.
titanicx@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I mean at this point in time the Jews are the Nazis. However I agree that that shit shouldn’t be allowed on any of the social media platforms.
Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
You can be arguably impartial. Youre not banning them for being Nazis you’re banning them for all the stuff Nazis do like the racism. I would also argue you shouldn’t be politically impartial and just ban Nazis because Nazis should not feel welcomed.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you look into the founder, you’ll quickly realize that he’s very much biased and has a lot of agendas to push, and I have no doubt in mind that this is reflected in his platform.
btsax@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Is “remain ‘impartial’ to political agendas” a dogwhistle for “tolerates Nazis” or have I just become too cynical
nforminvasion@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No you’re not too cynical. You’re paying attention
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not cynical, you’re just observant. I downloaded the app. This is literally the case
toaster@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
If you let nazis into the bar, it’s a nazi bar.
fort_burp@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
An Australian app so you can say “Epstein” on this one but still not “stop the genocide and colonisation of Palestine”.
E_coli42@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Isn’t upscrolled created by a Palestinian? I doubt he’d be okay with censoring a genocide against his people.
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The guy who made the app is a Palestinian who’s both pro Palestine and trying to do the no political censorship gimmick, the end result? An app that’s infested with actual nazis.
midas22@lemmy.wtf 2 weeks ago
Why would anyone use TikTok or any clone like that to begin with? Do they want their brain to rot?
Lightfire228@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Anything to get that dopamine drip from the Black Rectangle
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You say on another dopamine drop website
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
See, White Rectangle, you swipe like this: “oh. oh quite. oh dear. oh no. aw. and how.”
But with Black Rectangle, you swipe like: “yo, hol’ da commentz, Imma bounce your pinky up in this!”this comment was brought to you by the nineties.
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Larry Ellison tool over Tiktok to stifle anti israel and pro Palestine voices and the NPCs thought it was all about China.
Told you so.
Psythik@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Are these people unaware that YouTube Shorts is a thing?
atthecoast@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
From Wikipedia: “
UpScrolled was launched in June 2025 by Recursive Methods Pty Ltd.[2][3] It was founded by Issam Hijazi, a Palestinian-Australian app developer who previously worked for IBM and Oracle.[3][4] UpScrolled is backed by the Tech for Palestine incubator.
So much for being impartial.
Engywuck@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
So, from the old brain rot to a new brain rot? Cool!
Kissaki@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Does UpScrolled have a web or desktop version?
Currently, UpScrolled is available exclusively as a mobile app — downloadable on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
The app is fully supported on smartphones and tablets, giving you a seamless experience across mobile devices.
Web and desktop version are on our roadmap.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
How many quick short videos can one consume before they become tired of them? What is the bizarre appeal to that crap instead of actually doing something?
Yes I am typing here on Lemmy, you could make an argument, but damn you see ten short videos you have seen them all.
Botanicals@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Wow the ads for this app keep appearing! It will be another blue sky in less than a year
chronix@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Best app yet, but eventually that app is gonna get bought out just like TikTok and eventually it will get censored.
SickofReddit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I never use Tick Tock but when I saw this headline I decided to sign up for this. All I saw was a bunch of it Arabic writing and Arabic posts. It might be popular but it’s not popular in North America. Deleted immediately.
dukemirage@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So when it was owned by China with the same spiral of destructive propaganda it was fine? on
itsathursday@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How is the change any worse than the current state? Isn’t this all just propaganda anyway to tank the value after the change?
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Literally never heard of the website until today, this article is wildly overexaggerating
Samsy@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Ahh the topic for zero Lemmy/Fediverse fucks given.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
It may just be a hype but I’m upvoting it.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
The fuck is UpScrolled? I thought the consensus was to use RedNote?
m3t00@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TikTokers. thought i had the best weed
7112@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There is always Loops
loops.video
deleted@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You get to watch a couple of videos only without logging in. No search.
Yikes.
mp3@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Sadly no way to host your own instance yet, but it does look promising.
ryper@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The git repo has a server installation guide.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
IIRC that’s old news and you can now self host and there are other instances up.
Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world [bot] 2 weeks ago
No one uses loops. That Dan dude went all in on such a silly thing. Won’t be surprised if itit dies in two years or becomes a zombie project.