• skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    instagram/pinterest-ish chinese app that was promoted on american tiktok as a possible alternative after ban. it has actual chinese users and they weren’t impressed when american transplants wanted everyone to speak english

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      19 hours ago

      Isn’t this a screenshot from Twitter/X?! So - probably a bot.

      I’m not American, but downloaded RedNote (Little Red Book) to see what the fuss was about and it’s been a charming experience. I’m particularly loving the cooking videos!

      Very very interesting to see normal Americans and normal Chinese people have discussions together on a social media app. And for them to show each other “slice of life” videos. Probably the first time that this has ever happened?

      Utterly hilarious situation, tbh.

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        15 hours ago

        I did too, but charming was not how I would have described my experience. But interesting that was your take. My experience was confusion and a lot of Chinese women in poses or outfits that were clearly trying to titillate, and then 90% of everything was just images, and no easy way to move between things. I gave it an honest try, but if rather do democratic socialism locally than agree to be a communist in a ToS

        Example from me opening the app right now and getting the default feed:

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          I mean I wouldn’t say racism. To a more conservative society (which China is), this literally is what it feels like looking at Western society. Source: Am from another conservative society, for better or worse I know exactly what she’s talking about.