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pettiness and revenge appear to be enough to motivate people to learn how to navigate Xiaohongshu, an app that is overwhelmingly used by Chinese-speaking people and was not designed with English-speaking users in mind. “I have no idea what I’m doing here. I can’t even read the rules,” one TikTok refugee who goes by “Elle belle” said in a post on the app.

Emphasis mine. The article does not say how many users ‘flee’ to this app, and it would be interested to know how many of them are some sort of influencers (or even botrs) to create a hype. But I am sure there are many who flock to whatever new app they can get their hands on, no matter how toxic it may be.

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InevitableList@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
The BBC spoke to someone who acquired a large following shortly after signing up.

Some social media users tell the BBC that they find themselves scrolling on RedNote more than TikTok.

“Even if TikTok does stay I will continue to use my platform I’ve created on RedNote,” Tennessee tech worker Sydney Crawley told the BBC.

Ms Crawley said she got over 6,000 followers within 24 hours of creating her RedNote account.

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- thelucky8@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  How many of this growth is organic?
  
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- Tyoda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  she got over 6,000 followers within 24 hours
  
  If <OneOfWayTooManyPVPGames> can make newbies believe they are outcompeting real players, while they are actually playing against bots, then a social media site could pump their ego with a less than truthful number, I reckon.
  
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