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[–] OmegaLemmy 2 points 19 hours ago

RedNote is really fun, haha

Also fuck me why do they know more about my country than I do???

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is fucking stupid.

Our rulers are literally dictating who we can communicate with.

[–] Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 day ago

Which is why decentralised open source platforms are very important.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago

"May" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that title.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lmao "rumors swirl" means "we made it the fuck up."

[–] jdeath@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

in this case reddittors made it up. so, yeah. very reliable

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago

Ashley Belanger May Be Embezzling Money From Ars Technica

Just a few days after writing an article on Ars Technica about the possibility of foreign users on RedNote being walled off from Chinese users, rumors began swirling on Lemmy that she may soon decide to defraud her employer by transferring company money into her personal bank account.

😝

[–] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day 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.

[–] archomrade@midwest.social 44 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There has been no official announcement that such a change is coming, but Reddit commenters speculated that possibly the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was requiring a change to stop American TikTokers from using the app to influence Chinese citizens.

Ah, that trustworthy and unbiased group of China experts that are Redditors

Two sentences before this they were explaining quite clearly why chinese users might actually be bothered by the flood of american users and why they might want the ability to filter by IP region, but because some redditors speculated that the SeeSeePee doesn't want the Americans to spread their freedom-loving germs to their country then that must be why they'd do it, if that rumor were to be proven true

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (5 children)

So, I cannot inform the Chinese about Mao murdering over 70 million people who disagreed with him and his CCP thugs. What about the Tiananmen Square massacre?

[–] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People get apprehensive about that on some instances, but i totally agree with u. Alot of ccp defenders r like "BUBUT US GOVRMENT BAD TOO aarhrhh!!!!" Like bro we get it its pretty much confirmed they were doing freay deaky shit with mk utlra and tons of other sus shit but that dont make ur ccp overlords "the good guys"

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

"don't be racist!"

CCP apologists/propagandists

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[–] airportline@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

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

[–] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 279 points 3 days ago (18 children)

This is a hilarious turn of events.

[–] gaael@lemmy.world 86 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Imo it's more sad than hilarious. US users and Chinese users meeting each other on the platform and discovering they are interesting people who actually have a lot in common sounds like what I'd wish the internet to be.
It's not surprising, and I get the irony, but I feel more sad than amused.

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You know, the news about Chinese and American users comparing their worldviews seemed weird to me because it reads like this is the first time Chinese and American users have interacted and had the chance to talk "candidly".

My first thought was, "Why the fuck is this news? It's not like Chinese users can't interact on American platfor---"

...oh. Right. The great firewall.

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[–] john89@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I totally agree with you.

We shouldn't be cheering on segregation.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 122 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I knew it was coming since that article yesterday about us Americans posting vids of 3D printed guns lmao

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[–] Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't even like TikTok but I'm so happy with how hard this whole thing is backfiring. Warms my heart

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[–] PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] 474D@lemmy.world 170 points 2 days ago

They're gonna build a firewall, and the US is gonna pay for it!

[–] Etterra 25 points 2 days ago

Every government is scared of these dumb kids lol

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 114 points 2 days ago (21 children)

It amazes me how people apparently can't live without watching shitty videos all the time... Oh, well.

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[–] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 126 points 3 days ago

China: we’re supposed to be doing the influencing here.

[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 57 points 2 days ago

Even international spy networks are worried about American kids.

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