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Are westerners “colonizing” Xiaohongshu (RedNote)? (hexbear.net)
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I keep getting Xiaohongshu posts on my feed of American users apologizing for “colonizing” the app and declaring their intent to leave. It’s usually full of Chinese users insisting that it’s not the case. My gut reaction is that it doesn’t make sense and I’ll explain why in the comments.

But it’s possible that I’m just missing something or that as an English speaker my feed inherently skews foreigners-friendly. So I wanted to ask. Why do US users think they’re colonizing Xiaohongshu? Are Chinese users genuinely insistent that they’re not? And who is correct?

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[–] spectre@hexbear.net 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

These liberals aren't used to not having their white privilege. It's not possible to "colonize" xhs or whatever. If the Chinese people (app management or government or whatever) felt some kind of way about it they could easily lock out all foreign users and move on. That's not colonization if you can get kicked out with like 10 minutes of effort.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 29 points 2 days ago

Yeah, settler-colonization presupposes a material base of strength, from a burgeoning capitalism, to displace, ~~(ethnically cleanse)~~, and take over land of indigenous people for petty-proprietorship.