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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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[–] obsolete@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not really surprised. Most Tik Tok users are braindead.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

as a tiktok user — can confirm.

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 72 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Is it that surprising that your average person in another country is easy to get on with? I've been to a fair few different countries and the everyday people you interact with are lovely (except France).

It's the fucking politicians you've got to look out for, and not just the foreign ones.

[–] hydroxycotton@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (13 children)
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[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 149 points 3 days ago (43 children)

Youtube and Instagram tried for years to lure in Tiktok users, and they failed so badly that even with Tiktok potentially getting banned, people would rather switch to a different potentially sketchy Chinese app.

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[–] Dancermouse@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Remember when it was called musical.ly and everyone thought it was the cringiest thing ever and wished it would die…. Lol

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[–] HoMaster@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (7 children)
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