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    schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 months ago

    With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’

    www.wired.com

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    With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’

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    schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 months ago
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    With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘RedNote’
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    Some say they joined Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book,” to spite the US government after a ban on TikTok became more likely.

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24242302

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      The BBC spoke to someone who acquired a large following shortly after signing up.

      Some social media users tell the BBC that they find themselves scrolling on RedNote more than TikTok. “Even if TikTok does stay I will continue to use my platform I’ve created on RedNote,” Tennessee tech worker Sydney Crawley told the BBC. Ms Crawley said she got over 6,000 followers within 24 hours of creating her RedNote account. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2475l7zpqyo

      The Guardian says over 500,000. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/14/tiktok-ban-rednote-app

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        How much of this growth is organic?

        Addition: TikTok users’ attempted migration to Chinese app RedNote isn’t going too well

        TLDR: Many got banned as they appear to have violated the platform’s rules (because they can’t read the terms).

        People are using a CCP mouthpiece that is openly using a name referring to Mao Zedong’s “little red book”, and that is supposedly even worse than Tiktok. The only thing that is more worrying is the media believing such a hype. This is completely artificial imo.

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