American social media users hail Chinese app RedNote as 'biggest step towards world peace' ahead of TikTok ban
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It's an unexpected union bought on by the looming TikTok ban thanks to a social media app that doesn't even officially have an English name. With the fate of TikTok up in the air in America, social media users have flocked to another Chinese-owned app called Xiaohongshu - and users are bonding as they adapt to the platform.
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The name of the social media app, which translates to Little Red Book, has been shortened by US users to RedNote and has been so popular it surged to the top position on Apple's US App Store this week. As per CNN, as of Wednesday, the hashtag 'TikTok refugee' had nearly 250 million views and over 5.5 million comments, referencing the thousands of American users that had downloaded the app.
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The sudden rush to the new platform has resulted in users uniting over their shared use, with Chinese users helping Americans translate and navigate the interface. 'I downloaded the app and checked it out and it's currently thousands of people from America and China all laughing and meme-ing together,' one user wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
They continued: 'Chinese users will post a cat saying "I'm stealing your cat's data!" and then they laugh and share cat photos with each other.'. Even language app Duolingo chimed in, with a sarcastic post saying: 'Oh so NOW you're learning Mandarin.'.
With the fate of TikTok up in the air in America, social media users have flocked to another Chinese-owned app: Xiaohongshu - and users are bonding as they adapt to the app. A US law sets a January 19 deadline for ByteDance to sell the popular social media platform or face a ban on national security grounds.
