On the heels of TikTok's looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu as people become less optimistic that TikTok can overturn U.S. ban.
Not sure if the “leftists” you’re referring to is Euroamericans or Chinese but, with all due respect, I’d hate if my preferred national social media was suddenly flooded by confused usians. They tend to make everything about themselves and can’t comprehend not being the centre of digital spaces.
China may be socialist, but that doesn’t mean that every Chinese space needs to be about socialism, specially not about propagandising foreigners about socialism.
I’m happy using the app, but I’m well aware that I’m a visitor somewhere I don’t automatically belong and which is not about me. US people are not used to that dynamic in digital spaces and I don’t blame longtime users for being against that.
Makes me consider a counter story for what’s happening recently, that the US is using the tiktok ban to infiltrate Chinese social media with a shit load of sock puppets. They’ll all be hidden amongst the influx of new real accounts.
Not sure if the “leftists” you’re referring to is Euroamericans or Chinese but, with all due respect, I’d hate if my preferred national social media was suddenly flooded by confused usians. They tend to make everything about themselves and can’t comprehend not being the centre of digital spaces.
China may be socialist, but that doesn’t mean that every Chinese space needs to be about socialism, specially not about propagandising foreigners about socialism.
I’m happy using the app, but I’m well aware that I’m a visitor somewhere I don’t automatically belong and which is not about me. US people are not used to that dynamic in digital spaces and I don’t blame longtime users for being against that.
Makes me consider a counter story for what’s happening recently, that the US is using the tiktok ban to infiltrate Chinese social media with a shit load of sock puppets. They’ll all be hidden amongst the influx of new real accounts.