Bluesky boom worries Chinese media | Semafor
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State outlets, which put considerable resources into amassing millions of followers on Elon Musk’s social media platform, have recently seen their growth plateau.
  • Arondeus@lemmy.caEnglish
    41·
    2 months ago

    For now, the sector’s focus has shifted back to domestic, Mandarin-language channels and platforms like Bilibili, WeChat, and Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.

    Wait did I miss something? I thought TikTok was the chinese version of TikTok?

    • moe90@feddit.nlOPEnglish
      66·
      2 months ago

      Douyin is the localised version of Tiktok. So, the content is totally different. similar to Steam China and Steam International.

        • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          9·
          2 months ago

          It used to be much less brainrot and doomscroll filled on their version. When people from the west noticed that they started calling tiktok a form of psychological warfare. I think its almost as bad there now but ofcourse still much more censored.

          • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            Fun fact back in the days the same was said about Tetris (though tongue in cheek).

      • MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zipEnglish
        21·
        2 months ago

        The company: Rejects the offer and does not want to be acquired

        Musk: Tries to sue Bluesky for “stolen patents”

        The lawsuit fails

        Musk tries to create a version of Bluesky using the source code provided by the same company

          • mosiacmango@lemm.eeEnglish
            5·
            2 months ago

            IPO is public sale on the stock msrket. Private sales are always available.

            Bluesky is not truly federated, but is designed for large orgs to be able to host different parts of it. Twitter could start offering its own implementation if they wanted.