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[-] [email protected] 86 points 5 months ago

While the majority of the new TikTok refugees still appear to be enjoying their time on Xiaohongshu, some have already had their posts censored. Christine Lu, a Taiwanese-American tech entrepreneur who created a Xiaohongshu account on Wednesday, says she was suspended after uploading three provocative posts about Tiananmen, Tibet, and Taiwan. “I support more [Chinese and American] people engaging directly. But also, knowing China, I knew it wouldn’t last for long,” Lu tells WIRED.

stalin-feels-good

[-] [email protected] 51 points 5 months ago

did-someone did someone get used to repeating garbage lies?

[-] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago

Lmao, what a loser

[-] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago

three provocative posts

Nobody knows what it means but it's provocative

[-] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Weird, the same thing happens to posts about Defend, Deny, Depose on American social media

[-] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago

And Palestine, unionizing, etc.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago

LOL. why are they doing the jobs of feds without being paid for it?

[-] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago
[-] [email protected] 59 points 5 months ago

How much they paying? I need a side hustle from my job as a CCP spy.

[-] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago

CCP spies need two jobs to survive these days kitty-birthday-sad

[-] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago

Xi needs to pay up maddened

[-] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

If it's the same as the job listing I saw earlier, $1200 USD a month plus benefits

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Not bad for a side hustle in the States and not bad for a main hustle if your bilingual and live in a country with a reasonable cost of living

[-] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

New orders from President Xi:「不,你是在 HEXBEAR。」

[-] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago

I'll do it if they give me a work visa (please)

[-] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago

Hell, i'll work remotely.

[-] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago

Xiaohongshu literally translates from Mandarin to "little red book," likely a reference to the famed little red book of quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong, the founding father of Communist China.

Five minutes of googling would tell you this isn’t the correct way to translate this (would be too based if it was, though); but never miss an opportunity for some good ol’ red baiting. Journalism at it’s finest.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago

I remember 3 years ago when I first learned about this app having to explain to my Chinese friend why I laughed at it.

It's so far removed from the "little red book" it doesn't even register as a potential pun to Chinese people.

I love how you can just go print lies and have a massive audience.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

What does the name mean then? I see lots of "it doesn't mean that" but nobody explains what it means.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They have a specific name for the book "select quotations of Mao Zedong". They just don't use the term xiaohongshu. The meaning itself could be translated as "little red book" but the cultural idea behind the phrase of "little red book" doesn't exist in the same way.

This is what I gathered from conversation with them about it. I may have misunderstood them but they're not an apolitical person like many Chinese people and they still didn't understand in such a way. They'd definitely see that connection if it was one that existed I mean.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

A lot of Mandarin speaking people on xhs were agreeing with the notion that it is a nod to Mao’s book. I’m pretty sure it is more of a patriotic nod though, like if America had an app called YankeeDoodle

[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I seem to have spoken without having the proper information.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

It’s the colloquial name to Mao’s red book. Everyone knows what it means.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Ah, well, I stand corrected.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago

This new demand could actually be a cool way for them to redirect some English-language staff from TikTok.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

I'm relying on hexbear x users to let us know as new slang evolves. are americans going on x still 白左 or are there new terms?

[-] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Where do I apply. Seriously.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

they wouldnt let me make fun of Jolani

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