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Chevalier

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supersnoop

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As entertaining as this xhs situation had been, I saw an argument saying that this will most likely end up being a net negative. The culture clash plus heavy moderation after the honeymoon period might end up being more of a negative overall? What does everyone else think? I think that it’s highly dependent on whether or not tiktok gets banned. If it survives, most people will probably just return with a small percentage staying as it can be fun and novel so any conflict will be quite minimal. But to me it seems like there’s quite a high chance of massive conflict between the two user bases if they stay given their differences. I think it’s good that to give Chinese people exposure to how actual Americans talk and think vs how libs romanticize them so hopefully the situation doesn’t sour too much. I remember Chinese games like Genshin constantly had controversy with the non-Chinese audience but they pushed through it every time as far as I can tell so it would be nice if it happens again even though situation is different.
To summarize the thoughts of two of my friends, there is a certain appeal to the censorship on these Chinese platforms at the moment.

Right now, western social media seems to be inundated with extremist viewpoints, ie. You talk about being 600 genders or you are a homophobe. If you don’t want to lynch immigrants, you are a libtard. You support BLM, otherwise you are a racist N-word user. If you support common sense gun control, you are a flag-burner. Etc. While Chinese censorship may be too heavy handed, at the same time, any middle ground in the western political climate has eroded.
 

coolgod

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As entertaining as this xhs situation had been, I saw an argument saying that this will most likely end up being a net negative. The culture clash plus heavy moderation after the honeymoon period might end up being more of a negative overall? What does everyone else think? I think that it’s highly dependent on whether or not tiktok gets banned. If it survives, most people will probably just return with a small percentage staying as it can be fun and novel so any conflict will be quite minimal. But to me it seems like there’s quite a high chance of massive conflict between the two user bases if they stay given their differences. I think it’s good that to give Chinese people exposure to how actual Americans talk and think vs how libs romanticize them so hopefully the situation doesn’t sour too much. I remember Chinese games like Genshin constantly had controversy with the non-Chinese audience but they pushed through it every time as far as I can tell so it would be nice if it happens again even though situation is different.

The XHS situation is what winning is. Back in the Tang dynasty, there were also many courtesans from all across Eurasia flocking to China.

This is legitimately my second time using XHS, and I've gotta admit the algorithm is pretty good. I've been trying to get my timeline filled with hot blondes just to see how Chinese netizens are reacting. Apparently XHS knows what I really like and decides to serve me with AfD's Alice Weidel Chinese fan edits ;) You should see how the new German Tiktok refugees are engaging with the native Chinese community.
 
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GZDRefugee

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coolgod

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Some fools are screenshotting their "For You" pages to spread their agenda. Take a look at what kind of content is recommended to them for some lols. One instance that I already called out seems to have a lot of recommendations related to Hitler and nazi Germany.
Is this agenda trying to attract the "alt-right" to Xiaohongshu? Pretty sure they'll join in a heartbeat after reading that.
 

supercat

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It's kind of amusing to see a lot of americans willing to learn Chinese just to use the apps properly just to spite the US government. Soft power win.
Do they really have to learn Chinese, considering that Rednote is the overseas division of XHS, just like TikTok is the overseas version of Douyin? However, I agree that this is such an unexpected win for China's soft power.

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There are some idiots and some who actually know the truth.

A couple of migrants are likely going to shit on the CPC but get slapped down by the 300 million Chinese users on XHS. As a side note, the entire population of the US is about 330 million.
Reminds me of the following dialogue:

Wow I had no idea that those bitches with Chinese surnames working for Western MSM can get this low...

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Literally this:

LMAO
 
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