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U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users. (restofworld.org)
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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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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (13 children)

I just talk like that. Is it so hard to believe that there are plenty of Americans who would flock to a genuinely chinese owned social media out of spite or just bc it is funny? I haven't even seen an ad on the site so I don't think they are making enough money to astroturf nor can I find a reason why they'd want to.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Id question the intelligence of anyone who used any app specifically because of a country associated with it when it's not an app about countries. Going to Chinese apps just because TikTok gets banned is kinda silly imo, but then again I don't use state-sponsored social media like TikTok or instagram etc

[–] NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The whole point is to say fuck you to America for banning their app

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You can say fuck you to America without supporting other capitalist or otherwise authoritarian nations, and instead support anti capitalism by using decentralized networks. I won't slurp on Winnie's hunny pot to say fuck you to Uncle Sam, but you do you lemmy.ml

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