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

submitted 2 days ago by 000@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 47 points 2 days ago (13 children)

😳😳😳 Westerners not voluntarily giving personal information to the Chinese government for 5 seconds [Challenge Impossible (They caught us)] 😵😵‍💫😧

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

On some level, it makes sense. Like, if I never plan to enter the PRC's jurisdiction, it has less capacity to use my personal data to cause me harm than a five eyes member state does, because the Australian government does have jurisdiction where I live.

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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 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

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 40 points 2 days ago (31 children)

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

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 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.

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[–] arararagi@ani.social 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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[–] Murvel@lemm.ee 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] aarRJaay@lemm.ee 35 points 2 days ago (25 children)

Because an American Spyware app is much better?

[–] Murvel@lemm.ee 25 points 2 days ago (19 children)

Both seem shit to me

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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Think of the shareholders!

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