the tiktok exodus is widely known! for those of you who don’t know, i am in high school. i can’t count with my hands how many people have talked about it, and that’s just in the two classes i had yesterday (exam week, yay). i’ve already gotten 2 people to download it. they both made accounts and use it now! it’s broken the niche internet thing into the real world, at the very least for young people.
on the app front, lots of americans are posting things like “we’ve been lied to, china isn’t that bad!” i’ve come across so many americans learning about chinese culture and responding positively to patriotic or socialist posts from chinese netizens. it’s insane, i’m really amazed at how, for at least a good chunk of americans, china is becoming less demonized.
TBH I feel optimistic, despite the marxism. My partner, who was wondering about the Uyghur genocide in 2020, is all in. I like to think I played a role in that, and also, the xhs experience has opened a new avenue of communication that is sick as hell
This is an insane backfire lmao, lets hope the momentum keeps going in a good direction
both of my total normie apolitical coworkers who use tiktok a lot downloaded it. i don’t interact with many people since i only have two coworkers but that gave me the impression that a large portion of tiktok users are hearing about it and downloading it. mashallah
The US gov definitely fumbled the bag hard with that one, even if they ban red note the damage is done, millions of peoples had a glimpse of what China is really like and just how much western medias lied about it, most of them won’t forget that.
also a good majority of comrades here are out of school. i’m the exception rather than the rule.
