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[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 66 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For context, this is a Chinese social media platform called "RedNote," aka Xiaohongshu which literally means "Little Red Book." Apparently TikTok users have begun to migrate there in protest of the TikTok ban. I'd imagine there are Chinese government astroterfing efforts to boost the campaign (assuming it didn't start in China).

However, the ban was such a foolish move by Democrats in the first place, that I'd be happy if Xiaoshongshu gains traction. The TikTok ban was one of many out of touch moves by the Democrats that got us a fascist dictatorship. The government will probably use the same law to ban this app too, and for all his support of TikTok now, I doubt Trump will stop that from happening. If populist leftists are smart, they will distance themselves from the ban and the nationalist libs who pushed for it.

As much as TikTok did allow invasive spying and manipulation by China, the billionaires of this country do worse. No need to defend TikTok or China; we just need to refocus the issue as a distraction from the class conflict that centralized social media inherently suppresses. Centralized platforms in China work exactly the same way, so it's not like Americans being allowed to interact with Chinese citizens is all bad. Maybe Americans will introduce marginal dissent while the government allows us in temporarily (unlikely, but their government isn't all powerful or anything)

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 12 points 5 months ago

I actually am immediately seeing some significant class consciousness going on over there. Tiktok communities immediately bonded with the Chinese users over their love for Luigi Mangione. Politics discussion is not allowed on the app, but you can see the Chinese users communicate their feelings of the CCP in kind of a wink and nod manner.

Regarding your astroturfing comment… maybe? I think Lemmy forgets that fediverse and Reddit hate Instagram Facebook and Twitter exactly as much as the rest of the English speaking internet does. I would point out that the most astroturf-y thing that’s happened is from the hands of Congress. Americans are pretty much primed for this by the blatant xenophobia showed at those hearings and the phony “concern for user safety” when Meta and X with its demonstrable damages gets a free pass.