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With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’ (www.wired.com)

submitted 1 day ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] thelucky8@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

pettiness and revenge appear to be enough to motivate people to learn how to navigate Xiaohongshu, an app that is overwhelmingly used by Chinese-speaking people and was not designed with English-speaking users in mind. “I have no idea what I’m doing here. I can’t even read the rules,” one TikTok refugee who goes by “Elle belle” said in a post on the app.

Emphasis mine. The article does not say how many users 'flee' to this app, and it would be interested to know how many of them are some sort of influencers (or even bots) to create a hype. But I am sure there are many who flock to whatever new app they can get their hands on, no matter how toxic it may be.

Addition: Once Tiktok is sold to Elon Musk, the 'problem' may be solved anyway, right?

[–] InevitableList@beehaw.org 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

The BBC spoke to someone who acquired a large following shortly after signing up.

Some social media users tell the BBC that they find themselves scrolling on RedNote more than TikTok. "Even if TikTok does stay I will continue to use my platform I've created on RedNote," Tennessee tech worker Sydney Crawley told the BBC. Ms Crawley said she got over 6,000 followers within 24 hours of creating her RedNote account. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2475l7zpqyo

The Guardian says over 500,000. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/14/tiktok-ban-rednote-app

[–] thelucky8@beehaw.org 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

How much of this growth is organic?

Addition: TikTok users’ attempted migration to Chinese app RedNote isn’t going too well

TLDR: Many got banned as they appear to have violated the platform's rules (because they can't read the terms).

People are using a CCP mouthpiece that is openly using a name referring to Mao Zedong's "little red book", and that is supposedly even worse than Tiktok. The only thing that is more worrying is the media believing such a hype. This is completely artificial imo.

[–] Tyoda@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

she got over 6,000 followers within 24 hours

If <OneOfWayTooManyPVPGames> can make newbies believe they are outcompeting real players, while they are actually playing against bots, then a social media site could pump their ego with a less than truthful number, I reckon.