TheAlbatross
If sowing discord means posting pictures of food and just generally being nice to one another, I'm not sure the status quo being disturbed is worth protecting.
Oh no it turns out that Chinese people are friendly and normal this will surely be the downfall of the West.
That seems to be the vibe. I'm mostly looking at the food content and one thing I really like is when someone posts a video or photo of a dish they've made, people reply with pictures of their own versions of the same thing and heap compliments on each other.
There's absolutely fashion/beauty influencer content, fwiw, but you don't have to engage with that if you don't want to. The app seems pretty strict about lewdness, tho, so it's fairly chaste stuff.
You, like, absolutely need to use a translator. There's no in app translation and it's primarily Chinese people posting and replying in Chinese. But Google Translate works almost perfectly. I have had a number of back and forth conversations and while I'm sure "my" Chinese looks off, I've never had a conversation break down because a reply doesn't make sense.
That would be a shame. I'm really enjoying the app, sharing pictures of food and recipes with people half a globe away is really cool. And there's a lot of interest in fishing in China, it's cool to see their techniques, what they do the same, what they do differently.
And everyone is just so nice! They've built a really positive community and culture on RedNote and it's unique to be able to see that kind of thing work, at least compared to American social media.
I get why they don't want US influence and what-not and I could see how a bunch of Americans treating it like Tiktok would be problematic for maintaining the vibe they've cultivated, but it's a really refreshing change of pace from other social media.
US Spyware app, Chinese Spyware app, whatever its all the same.
The big bad Chinese government is using their malicious Spyware apps to steal and weaponize my recipe for vegan meringues.
This is the end of Western civilization as we know it.
I gotta say, I'm not too concerned about the CCP getting their hands on my latke recipe or knowing what bass I catch.
The NSA gets their mits on all this sent over US telecoms and servers anyway, and there's no legal recourse for that.
All social media apps are spyware apps, I think it's a bit silly to care that one is Chinese vs American.
There's a lotta wholesome content about food and fishing and everyone seems very nice. I'm hoping the US doesn't fuck it up.
Maybe it's my own biases and US centric mentality, but I really struggle to put bossy power mods on a forum on the same level as the Neo Nazi adjacent policymakers in the government.
Dunno. My friends give me weird looks for it.
Mayo on Ramen. Kewpie mayo swirled over spicy Ramen broth.