U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users
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Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.

Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.

  • American users have flocked to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu in defiance of security warnings.
  • Chinese and American users have engaged in surprisingly friendly conversations about each other’s lives.
  • The influx of American users could burden Xiaohongshu’s censorship mechanism, experts say.
  • essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    7 hours ago

    Is it that surprising that your average person in another country is easy to get on with? I’ve been to a fair few different countries and the everyday people you interact with are lovely (except France).

    It’s the fucking politicians you’ve got to look out for, and not just the foreign ones.

        • rakeshmondal@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          4 hours ago

          Are they really that unwelcoming? I’ve heard a bunch about this, fortunately never got to experience it first hand.

          • essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            32 minutes ago

            I spent one day in Paris, let me give you the highlights…

            1. We arrived, left the train station, and were immediately accosted by like 5 people trying to sell us friendship bracelets, or little string bracelets
            2. We left the area and walked to a local Metro station to get across the city, we wanted to check something, so we went to the nearby information section, where the lady refused to speak any English, despite the signage indicating that English was spoken there
            3. We figured it out on our own and entered the station, which smelled exactly and completely of piss
            4. We got off the train and walked along the river for about 10 seconds before being accosted by a conman pretending we’d just dropped some jewelry. Apparently it’s a common con. We ignored him and moved on.
            5. We had an ok time for the rest of the day trip, until we got back to the original train station, where we sat in a café beside a family who decided to change their kid’s diaper at their table, and then threw the used one to the nearest bin like they were playing cornhole

            I’m not in a big rush to go back.

          • danciestlobster@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            35 minutes ago

            I have only ever had great experiences visiting france, but then again I avoided Paris for the most part