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Xiaohongshu, China's answer to Instagram, hits no. 1 on the App Store as TikTok faces US shutdown (techcrunch.com)
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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 1 day ago

I suspect that libs aren't gonna touch the app with a ten foot pole, but there are a lot of people in US who are becoming radicalized out of liberal mainstream. Even if the US bans the app eventually, millions of Americans will now be talking directly to people living in China. The more people talk to each other the harder it will be for the US to dehumanize or stereotype China going forward.