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> While Chinese developers are focused on building great products, US developers are focused on pushing politics. As a result, the Chinese apps are clearly more

> While Chinese developers are focused on building great products, US developers are focused on pushing politics. As a result, the Chinese apps are clearly more desirable for users. What specific features does Rednote have that beat US competitors? Where do you think that US users heard about Rednote? If you are not a TikTok user, then you would had never heard of this app. Clearly, TikTok used their algo to "raid" Rednote, like a Twitch stream raid.

pizza 2y ago
It's much simpler than that! You just have to recognize that this is basically the Streisand effect, or, hell, even just the Boston Tea Party! 1. A government/center of power imposes a unilateral decree to deprive many people of something they used to have a right to 2. The affected hear: "shut up about your rights" 3. This act of deprivation itself becomes the uniting common issue for the affected, and then they become a self-organizing body politic 3. The body politic then naturally becomes suspicious of any solution that appears to comply with the government's wishes If you're surprised that people in this country protest when they feel their right to protest has been encroached upon - or if it seems surprising that using Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts would not be interpreted as protest but using Rednote would be (or, and this also seems very likely: if news organizations would ever NOT pick up the story of some number of users flocking to yet another Chinese app WITHOUT making it seem like a big protest) - I don't know what to tell you.
- consumer451 2y ago
  As someone who grew up under authoritarian communism, I know exactly what to tell you.
vitorgrs 2y ago
I'm not even a U.S user, and I heard about rednote on... Threads! From Meta. Kinda ironic.
- consumer451 2y ago
  I heard about Rednote on Bluesky, from the biggest non-employee code contributor. TikTok is the most popular platform for the youths. They make waves everywhere. People choosing to go there makes my head explode. The world is a big joke, and I ain’t laughing.

pizza 2y ago

It's much simpler than that! You just have to recognize that this is basically the Streisand effect, or, hell, even just the Boston Tea Party! 1. A government/center of power imposes a unilateral decree to deprive many people of something they used to have a right to 2. The affected hear: "shut up about your rights" 3. This act of deprivation itself becomes the uniting common issue for the affected, and then they become a self-organizing body politic 3. The body politic then naturally becomes suspicious of any solution that appears to comply with the government's wishes If you're surprised that people in this country protest when they feel their right to protest has been encroached upon - or if it seems surprising that using Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts would not be interpreted as protest but using Rednote would be (or, and this also seems very likely: if news organizations would ever NOT pick up the story of some number of users flocking to yet another Chinese app WITHOUT making it seem like a big protest) - I don't know what to tell you.

consumer451 2y ago
As someone who grew up under authoritarian communism, I know exactly what to tell you.

vitorgrs 2y ago

I'm not even a U.S user, and I heard about rednote on... Threads! From Meta. Kinda ironic.

consumer451 2y ago
I heard about Rednote on Bluesky, from the biggest non-employee code contributor. TikTok is the most popular platform for the youths. They make waves everywhere. People choosing to go there makes my head explode. The world is a big joke, and I ain’t laughing.