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U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users. (restofworld.org)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.

American users have flocked to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu in defiance of security warnings.

Chinese and American users have engaged in surprisingly friendly conversations about each other’s lives.

The influx of American users could burden Xiaohongshu’s censorship mechanism, experts say.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 days ago (21 children)

I've seen a bunch of companies claiming us users are flocking to them. I guess we shall see where users end up

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, this honestly sounds like a press release with made up "users". Definitely part of a marketing campaign.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Everyone I followed on tiktok said they're going to Rednote, and my FYP on rednote is extremely active with tiktok refugees. It's also been the number 1 app on both apple and chrome for 3 days. The users are very real.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago

That picture is amazing, lol.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (28 children)

Nah, I am on xiaohongshu. Its fucking crazy. Most of the mandarin speaking audience woke up to their app filled with english. There is a running joke on the site now about US citizens "colonizing" the app. It is silly and in good fun but I cannot stress enough how real the influx of users is. Some brits are even moving there because so many Americans they follow did. I have seen multiple chinese citizens have their account jump from a few hundred followers to 30k in an hour or two. I mean you can hop on and see for yourself, it is free. It has actually been really wholesome so far and I hope the vibes continue to be good.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Replacing one Chinese Spyware app with another. Lmao, it's just so funny to me.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (25 children)

Because an American Spyware app is much better?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (19 children)

Both seem shit to me

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why not ban both if we are concerned about the harms of algorithmic content?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Think of the shareholders!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm surprised most didn't go to lemon8, since that is also bytedance it will just be banned too.

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