• @PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world
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    152 months ago

    I mean they added a translate button in the last day or two, so I infer that at least the people running the site are OK with encouraging the sudden American popularity.

    • @Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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      42 months ago

      Obviously take this with a grain of salt but a spokesperson of China already said they approve of this cultural exchange.

      Remember Rednote is approved by the CCP so there was already propaganda on the app and they are using this time to piss off Americans about some of our poor policy choices. Obviously there is not much negative stuff of China on the app.

  • @Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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    62 months ago

    Most of my lab mates are Chinese and I joined WeChat because it was what they all used. Everything was fine except my account kept getting banned for no reason. I had assumed it might be because I accidentally turned on a VPN, but ultimately I concluded it was because they didn’t want the intermingling of Chinese and American accounts, which was literally the only reason I was there in the first place.

    • Pika
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      22 months ago

      I been told Wechat requires phone number, do they not check VOIP numbers or did they just not block your number for creation? That’s super weird.

      • @Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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        22 months ago

        They have (or had) a system for reactivation that involved endorsement from another account. IIRC it was QR code based, so one of my friends would scan my reactivation QR code and a few verification texts later I’d have my account back. The last time I was banned, it was after I hearted one of my friend’s posts about his graduation.

  • @surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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    32 months ago

    That’s fair. Our own platforms are flooded with government astroturfers. They wouldn’t want those leaking in.

  • @HeyJoe@lemmy.world
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    202 months ago

    To bad they didn’t hear about Loops. I don’t use this stuff so I have no idea if it’s good or not, but it’s not Chinese or collecting your data so it would be worth a try. Although if 400k users flooded it I have serious doubts they could scale to meet a demand like that.

    • @john89@lemmy.ca
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      -12 months ago

      Is it federated?

      Not sure why we’re all excited for the next centralized platform. We should be rolling up our sleeves and figuring out ways to implement decentralized protocols so anyone can their platform.

    • @RagnarokOnline@programming.dev
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      2 months ago

      The scalability is my concern too. It took me like 8 days after I signed up before I got my login to Loops.

      Gotta say I really like it, though

  • Optional
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    522 months ago

    RedNote’s Chinese name, Xiaohongshu, literally translates to “Little Red Book,” which seems like a direct reference to a book of quotes from Chinese communist leader Mao Tse-tung. But The Washington Post reported that the app is designed to be apolitical and its co-founder, Mao, maintains that the name instead pays “homage to the colors of his college,” Stanford Business School, and his former employer, Bain Capital.

    Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeetthefuckouttahere!

  • airportline
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    102 months ago

    They recently added new translation features. I don’t think it’s going to happen.

  • Jin
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    52 months ago

    Worse part is that Chinese people overseas will no longer be able to connect with friends and family.

    • @COASTER1921@lemmy.ml
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      42 months ago

      Wechat will always be allowed overseas and is the main method of communication, but the account creation process is of course a little more detailed than simply signing up with a phone number.