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Summary

Many Americans joining China’s social media platform RedNote are encountering strict censorship uncommon in Western platforms.

One non-binary user had a post asking if the platform welcomed gay people removed within hours.

Posts on LGBTQ+ topics, fitness photos, and sensitive cultural content have been censored, frustrating users unfamiliar with China's moderation rules.

RedNote is hiring English-language moderators to handle the influx. While some users enjoy cultural exchange, others criticize restrictions.

Analysts see RedNote’s growth among US users as a soft power win for China.

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[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (22 children)

Mainland Taiwan per usual I see.

I wonder what happens if you post winnie the poo shit.

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[–] femtech@midwest.social 66 points 1 day ago (30 children)

Yep, hopefully they see that just because the US is shitty that China can't be worse.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Some devs in China must be working overtime to create separate infrastructure for the US so that censors aren't overwhelmed and miss things Chinese people aren't supposed to see. 😂

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Let's get the vpns ready and use burners! Fuck censorship!

[–] vsg@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Non-Chinese devices can't access Douyin even with VPN, though.

[–] gidostro@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago

Already done I’m sure.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (18 children)

I suppose the real question is whether most users will balk at this and move to a new platform, or just accept it.

My bet is that they'll just accept it.

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Damn, who could've seen that circus coming while honking its way over here? Not me.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago
[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

The entire worldwide LGBT TikTok population should flood RedNote and post pro-LGBT stuff in their native language. Let Rednote scramble finding moderators that can speak in a language that’s only spoken by a few million people. Then those users should leave after a few weeks and leave RedNote with the bill. And then rinse and repeat after a few months.

[–] Vibi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anecdotally, most of my explore is lgbtq posts with plenty of comments and interaction. Some posts are many days old. I'm 100% sure there is and will be further censorship, but I've not really encountered it yet... I've also been seeing articles about there being a large amount of specific content (Luigi, guns, etc) that I haven't encountered at all.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You're on red note? I never really used tiktok, just stuck with shorts, but I've been considering checking out RN just for the interaction with Chinese folks. Sounds interesting. Do you reccomend?

[–] Vibi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

I never used TikTok either! I'm not super into short video content. I had a macro photography account on IG about 5 years ago with 30k followers; I closed it after a lot of life obstacles but recently started shooting again. I'm not super into supporting Meta, so I thought I'd just see how RN is since it's both image and video content. I've honestly been incredibly surprised! There's a lot more user interaction in posts with so much of it being supportive. There are creators posting there whose content on other platforms would always attract negative and hateful comments - absolutely none of that so far on RN. The CN community has been very welcoming, patient, and helpful to new users. I definitely think it's worth checking out, even if it's just to get a glimpse of another culture!

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[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Can't be worse than Reddit.

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

all the lulz

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