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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by maxglute on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @09:23AM (#42711059)
Well it's more... Xiaohongshu is for cosmo PRC cool kids (read: lean wealthy), and also a large ecommerce portal that targets that demographic. Not sure if the userbase is interested in... western and RoW "riff raff" shitting up the content for too long. I say this more as an insult to Xiaohongshu, I like TikTok (or Douyin) because I like seeing entrepenurs sell neon signs and industrial glycerine between my swipes.
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by wildzzz on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @09:50AM (#42711409)
"Hey Homie, it's Tony,"

I've never been so interested in advertisements for commercial equipment before that guy.

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by vonneumannstan on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @02:25PM (#42715742)
His accent is fascinating. It's like he learned English as a second language in Rural Georgia.
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by wildzzz on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @11:48PM (#42721356)
And that's only one of his accents. The man is a chameleon.
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by clydethefrog on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @11:26AM (#42712988)
Rest of World had an informative article about Xiaohongshu few months ago, it seems indeed to be a combination of Instagram and Tripadvisor. Chinese people that are able to travel are using it to find the "authentic" places.

https://restofworld.org/2024/xiaohongshu-southeast-asia-tour...

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by EA-3167 on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @01:04PM (#42714627)
It's also TIGHTLY controlled, with people complaining on Twitter and elsewhere that their posts are under 48 hour review before posting. The rules are also quite strict around LGBT issues etc, and not in favor.

Most of all though it's just a very silly protest, given that the "tiktok ban bill" is really a "hostile foreign-power controlled platform divestment bill" so Xiaohongshu will just be next on the block in the unlikely event that it becomes popular.

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by UniverseHacker on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @09:50AM (#42711393)
> cosmo PRC cool kids (read: lean wealthy)

What does this mean?

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by maxglute on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @09:59AM (#42711531)
XHS is for cool GenZ, bias female, urban, has money / disposable income, think coastal elite. I guess more lifestyle/gram, pushes beauty, fashion, wellness, food, luxury goods etc. Douyin (TikTok) is for masses... "less cultured" audience, more working class / hillbilly, pushes some of the above occasionally but also everything else from cheap widgets to industrial equipment.
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by suraci on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:37AM (#42712120)
Or the Chinese version of instagram, by short
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by sandspar on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @02:34PM (#42715843)
Not really. Little Redbook is like if everyone on Reddit was upper middle class instead of Reddit's low middle class. Plus Instagram daily life and friend photos. Plus TikTok algorithm videos. Plus Tumblr microblogging. We don't have a 1:1 equivalent.
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by alisonatwork on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @07:13PM (#42719169)
Reddit, except upper middle class, is how HN feels to me a lot of the time.
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by eunos on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:06AM (#42711620)
For more down to earth contents I heard that Kuaishou (They made KLING AI video maker) is more suitable.
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by jhanschoo on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @09:57AM (#42711496)
well-traveled kids from well-connected families
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