• 1of1@lemmy.worldOP
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      6 months ago

      True, but for someone like her with only a private Instagram and Facebook account for closest friends and family as social media 20k in a few days is definitely a lot, hahaha.

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        6 months ago

        Not sure if 20k bots is a lot. There’s no easier way to get people to use your platform than showering them in fake followers.

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          6 months ago

          Rednote isn’t trying to attract foreign users. It’s only blowing up because of the imminent app ban affecting TikTok, same as other apps like Lemon8.

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          6 months ago

          They’re bots just because it’s a Chinese app…? From what I’ve seen Rednote is actually doing the opposite of wanting to attract foreigners. Lots of followers is the exception not the rule.

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            6 months ago

            Also they are about to wall off the non Chinese users so she about to lose that 20k followers and be left in a version of tiktok refugees. If I were you I encourage her to not use that app. But be prepared for her followers to disappear and her being upset.

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              6 months ago

              I’m curious how the situation will develop too. News say the China Central Television supports the influx and inter-national exchange, while some Chinese nationalists are wary of American influence and want measures against it. We’ll live and see. Either way the US Tiktok ban is idiotic.