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Xiaohongshu, China's answer to Instagram, hits no. 1 on the App Store as TikTok faces US shutdown (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I find that unlikely, they can already trickle fake accounts slowly and unlike the new influx these sockpuppets will need to speak Chinese in order to influence the intended users.

    I think this is just a failed attempt to isolate China and protect their national social media bourgeoisie (consider most tech giants are in the social media market), as well as backlash for the moderation not being in line with the State Dept, letting things like student occupations for divestment go viral. I at least have not seen almost anything about those occupations on US platforms.

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