More than half a million ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to China’s RedNote as ban looms (www.theguardian.com)
from IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.ml on 14 Jan 20:06
https://lemmy.world/post/24279183

New users have piled in to the Chinese social media app RedNote just days before a proposed US ban on the popular social media app TikTok, as the lesser-known company rushes to capitalize on the sudden influx while walking a delicate line of moderating English-language content.

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eldavi@lemmy.ml on 14 Jan 20:08 next collapse

out of 170 million; less than 1% 🤦‍♂️

davel@lemmy.ml on 14 Jan 20:34 next collapse

In only two days, more than 700,000 new users joined Xiaohongshu, a person close to the company said.

RemindMe! 7 days

drdiddlybadger@pawb.social on 14 Jan 21:00 next collapse

Because tiktok still works. The majority won’t seek out something else until the day that tiktok turns off (assuming that it does.)

potatopotato@sh.itjust.works on 15 Jan 06:02 collapse

That’s still an absurd amount given the context

nokturne213@sopuli.xyz on 14 Jan 21:23 next collapse

When I first downloaded it, everything was in Chinese. There was no option to enter a U.S. telephone number to complete registration. Today, you can fully view the app in English and enter a U.S. phone number. They are adapting quickly.

dance_ninja@lemmy.world on 14 Jan 21:32 collapse

Curious that they’re calling it “RedNote” instead of “Little Red Book.”