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U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users. (restofworld.org)
submitted 12 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I said a what now?!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 46 minutes ago* (last edited 45 minutes ago) (1 children)

A race, like ethnicity, which reduced the clarity of your initial comment.

'Replacing one spyware for another' is more clear.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 28 minutes ago (1 children)

What does race have to do with anything?!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 minutes ago* (last edited 4 minutes ago) (1 children)

Exactly, the meaning is much more clear without it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 minutes ago* (last edited 7 minutes ago) (1 children)

You know damn well they were referring to nationality rather than race.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago* (last edited 1 minute ago)

Since you are trying to derail, the meaning is more clear without that too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

I don't know what you think you didn't not unsay because the race is a special app for only one survive.

Also, I think that "autonomous user" that replied to you qualifies for aneurysm post of the day.