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39. This? LOL He loves his playtime....

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What to know about RedNote, the Chinese app that American TikTokkers are flooding [View all] womanofthehills Yesterday OP

I've never used soc media, but I cannot fathom why people SheltieLover Yesterday #1

My granddaughter joined. She had me laughing all day long with the videos. Autumn Yesterday #3

A lack of concern over their personal data being harvested by the Chinese government? n/t MichMan Yesterday #5

I guess so! SheltieLover Yesterday #6

She's not concerned. She says our government has all our data and it gets hacked Autumn Yesterday #9

Money bros sell and buy the info, NOT the government. She is clueless . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 22 hrs ago #28

Autumn never claimed what you just implied. She did not say anything about the government selling the data. Celerity 20 hrs ago #46

Reading is sometimes a problem. Autumn 20 hrs ago #48

The "she" was not Autumn, but the person Autumn wrote about. The valuable data is not hacked data Bernardo de La Paz 6 hrs ago #72

I am well aware of the construct of Autumn's reply, and I absolutely knew it was her granddaughter she was speaking of. Celerity 5 hrs ago #74

It's a big joke over there with the kids womanofthehills Yesterday #15

"If you buy from Tamu & other Chinese internet stores, they already have your data" MichMan Yesterday #18

Lol VBNMW 22 hrs ago #20

Wal Mart does not own Temu, does it? MichMan 22 hrs ago #22

This message was self-deleted by its author womanofthehills Yesterday #17

What are they harvesting? Please be specific. Bluetus 20 hrs ago #40

The ban overwhelmingly passed both houses and was signed into law by President Biden MichMan 20 hrs ago #57

Have you heard a single lawmaker (or anyone else) Bluetus 19 hrs ago #63

I don't think it was the most intelligent decision to push this during an election year AZProgressive 19 hrs ago #66

For what it's worth, very few Republicans voted against it Wiz Imp 18 hrs ago #70

To join TikTok you give the same information you gave to join here Autumn 20 hrs ago #52

You do realise this is social media? Srkdqltr Yesterday #4

They're teenagers and they're hooked on goofy videos. It's a scroll, scroll of videos. LeftInTX Yesterday #8

A lot of those videos are done by some very smart young people. Autumn Yesterday #10

I haven't seen any. I'm sure they are there. Hubby enjoys TikTok. I've seen fake "psychic sleuths" and teens dancing LeftInTX Yesterday #11

Maybe you ought to change who you follow. nt Autumn Yesterday #12

I can't stand the app. It's too intrusive. I turned off notifications (which were like every minute) LeftInTX Yesterday #13

If you don't use it it's not a problem is it? I have found some nice people Autumn Yesterday #14

I am enjoying FAFO videos Bettie 22 hrs ago #25

I love the FAFO's too . I'll miss some of the people I follow on there. Autumn 20 hrs ago #54

Me too Bettie 19 hrs ago #64

Yep, sad but true. I had My Space in early internet, hell they has us doing code to Autumn 18 hrs ago #69

Illogical: You don't sell over-priced drugs, so Big Pharma is not a problem, by your logic Bernardo de La Paz 21 hrs ago #30

Try reading what I said instead of what you think I said. Autumn 20 hrs ago #44

I considered & rejected it might be satire. Doesn't hang together as such & premise would clash your other posts Bernardo de La Paz 19 hrs ago #65

My supervisor said i need to join. xmas74 20 hrs ago #42

Do it. You don't give out anymore personal information Autumn 20 hrs ago #47

Im not worried about personal information xmas74 18 hrs ago #71

Same. Autumn 3 hrs ago #75

DU is social media. To think otherwise is to misunderstand social media Bernardo de La Paz 22 hrs ago #26

It's a message board. Most of us of hidden by our user names. LeftInTX 1 hr ago #81

It's to prove a point xmas74 20 hrs ago #38

Those are illogical people who seem to think other people's problems don't matter, nor does the collective good Bernardo de La Paz 20 hrs ago #59

Because they're not short video platforms Politicub 5 hrs ago #73

It's almost funny. These men in power, older guys who dont seem to understand that if you ban something, Srkdqltr Yesterday #2

Too bad it's not a law banning Ruskie or Chinese companies SheltieLover Yesterday #7

Too bad it's not a law banning all unauthorized commercial spying on users. Pinback 22 hrs ago #29

Yup. SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #37

This message was self-deleted by its author MichMan 22 hrs ago #23

They can go around, kinda, but that doesn't mean they automatically choose another Chinese company Bernardo de La Paz 21 hrs ago #31

Another CCP app collecting data DeepWinter Yesterday #16

I bet you have never looked at either site and doubt you know any young people Autumn 22 hrs ago #21

Well DeepWinter 21 hrs ago #34

Reels....They also have them on FB. My granddaughter was watching them and I thought she was watching TikTok LeftInTX 21 hrs ago #36

If its Chinese owned, the same rules apply to them that applied to TikTok Callie1979 3 hrs ago #77

Yep! Callie1979 3 hrs ago #76

There has to be something Luvcatz14 Yesterday #19

The ban passed overwhelmingly in both houses of congress and was signed by President Biden MichMan 22 hrs ago #24

I don't know the answer. But it seems like the parents ...... no wait.... parents are on it too. Srkdqltr 22 hrs ago #27

You underestimate the synergistic effects of more accumulated data analyzed by AI Bernardo de La Paz 21 hrs ago #32

Amnesty Int'l: TikTok's 'For You' feed risks pushing children and young people towards harmful mental health content TheProle 21 hrs ago #33

Jeezuz, DU is as clueless as to why LuvLoogie 21 hrs ago #35

This? LOL He loves his playtime.... LeftInTX 20 hrs ago #39

That was creepy. LOL LuvLoogie 20 hrs ago #41

And lots of lame stuff.... LeftInTX 20 hrs ago #45

There's lots of lame stuff on Netflix and NPR LuvLoogie 20 hrs ago #50

The TikTok algorithm created alot of problems for teens. LeftInTX 20 hrs ago #53

So did M TV LuvLoogie 20 hrs ago #55

But you were just talking about how wonderful it was and how "it has your back" LeftInTX 20 hrs ago #56

The people have your back LuvLoogie 20 hrs ago #58

What people??? LeftInTX 20 hrs ago #60

The people on the app. LuvLoogie 19 hrs ago #61

It's not a "love fest". I was on it, but I found it intrusive. LeftInTX 19 hrs ago #62

Yeah those parents need to keep that shit in church LuvLoogie 18 hrs ago #67

Constant alerts on my phone. I turned off the alerts and now I can't open posts. LeftInTX 18 hrs ago #68

Not even CLOSE to being the same thing. Callie1979 3 hrs ago #78

This message was self-deleted by its author LuvLoogie 20 hrs ago #43

I mean, most don't care about the data either. That's just a dodge to get people talking about Meta and Twitter thebigidea 20 hrs ago #51

You think China isn't in the global propaganda game? W_HAMILTON 3 hrs ago #80

LOL. Our problems are of our own making. LuvLoogie 40 min ago #82

I look forward to hearing how it's algorithms depress Democratic turnout in 2026 and 2028 thebigidea 20 hrs ago #49

Exactly. This was the first TikTok/Twitter election. We see how it went Callie1979 3 hrs ago #79