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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•2 days agoI call absolute Bullshit. It says people are using translation tools to even use it because the interface is in Chinese. The number of Americans doing that has to be absolutely miniscule.
minus-squareairportlinelinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-22 days agoRed Note is currently the number one app on the US Apple App store.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 days agoIt literally only takes a few thousand downloads to top that chart. ChatGPT is #3, and there sure as hell aren’t millions of people downloading that each day There are 6 video clip apps in the top 10, and TikTok itself is still at 14th
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 days agoInstalling an app doesn’t mean anyone is gonna use it. People love installing shit. They’ll stop using it when they realize they can’t understand half of the content. It will probably top the charts of most deleted app tomorrow.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 days agoI bet they use an algorithm to promote apps and any spike promotes it.
I call absolute Bullshit.
It says people are using translation tools to even use it because the interface is in Chinese.
The number of Americans doing that has to be absolutely miniscule.
Red Note is currently the number one app on the US Apple App store.
It literally only takes a few thousand downloads to top that chart.
ChatGPT is #3, and there sure as hell aren’t millions of people downloading that each day
There are 6 video clip apps in the top 10, and TikTok itself is still at 14th
Installing an app doesn’t mean anyone is gonna use it. People love installing shit. They’ll stop using it when they realize they can’t understand half of the content. It will probably top the charts of most deleted app tomorrow.
I bet they use an algorithm to promote apps and any spike promotes it.