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.
You’re on social media right now.
It’s not the same category of social media though.
You’ve got (sorted by best to worst)
Each of these can be called social media, but they serve different purposes and some are more harmful than others
You’re sick, he’s sick, we’re all sick! SICK!
True, but engagement isn’t gamified here.