Some say they joined Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book,” to spite the US government after a ban on TikTok became more likely.
  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
    14·
    1 day ago

    Oh my god, this made me laugh!

    the majority of the content on the platform is photo slideshows coupled with text, which is why people often view it more as a competitor to Instagram than TikTok.

    Which is super ironic given that instagram changed everything to push short video content and compete with tiktok

  • thelucky8@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    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·
      17 hours ago

      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.orgEnglish
        1·
        13 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·
        18 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.