U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users
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Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.

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.
  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    10 hours ago

    Also, just because there are no ads, doesn’t mean that no one is propping up the business.

    There is a shopping tab, and ads are allowed as long as it’s declared I think. Undeclared sponsored content gets bans.

    • bishbosh@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      My phone failed whenever I tried to buy something (just testing to see what it would do), and I haven’t seen anything that stood out as an obvious ad.