my number one qualm with little red book so far is there is no native translation like tiktok has. lots of google translate is necessary to get the social media to social :P

necessary disclaimer: fuck the CCP and all the real violence and repression they do. just want to give credit given where due, and so far here im just seeing a lot of assumptions with no evidence? so im gonna post what my experience is :) i welcome all to do the same

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 108 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (22 children)

The level of shortsightedness in people is astounding to me again and again. History really seems to always repeat. When will people ever learn that there is no company in the world that is their friend.

"Oh, but it looks fine and i havent had any issue" says the little user that is currently feeding the networking effect of the next platform, that will inevitably fail in exactly the same way as every other for profit social media.

"Oh, but everyone is here and i dont wanna switch again" says the little user that now has the choice between losing all their feeds and follows or staying on a platform slowly being squeezed for money or political incentives.

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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 78 points 1 week ago (3 children)

From what I've seen, a lot of queer people are afraid to be themselves there. Some may even experience backlash and threats of violence for being LGBTQIA. There's a lot of hostility to us across that entire nation tbh.

On top of that, there is constant scrutiny with mass state surveillance. Queer and POC may be silenced or even face imprisonment for expressing themselves. And don't forget that nation's concentration camps, genocide, torture of political prisoners, and barring people who don't toe the party line from residency and citizenship.

Oh wait, that isn't Red Note. That's the USA and my small town.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean…that’s both vampiric superpowers. China and the US.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago (8 children)

There's no such thing as a benevolent state, to be honest. Nations and borders only divide and subject us. Every day, I feel more sure that we need to build communities in spite of states and to do what we can to disrupt and abolish them, so thank you for mentioning this glaring example.

However, I will say when we in the US point at China, we've got three fingers pointing back at us. Pretty hypocritical of us, and largely racist.

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[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago

Oh wait, that isn't Red Note. That's the USA and my small town.

Damn u got me at the first half ngl

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

BWAHA you had me in the first half ngl 😆😆

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 week ago (35 children)

You might appreciate this.

This guy asked people on Red Note if it's ok to be gay, and I laughed at the response:

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 week ago

SLSKSKSKSKSJDHD

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[–] jia_tan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Cringe app

cringe post

cringe everything

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[–] Fleur_@lemm.ee 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are these posts ads?

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Yes I am being payed by the CCP to promote lesbianism

(sarcasm. the CCP is hatefully repressive to queer identities.)

[–] bigschnitz@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Suggesting that the CCP is open to letting lesbians live their life seems pretty surreal after what happened to Naomi Wu. It's shocking how quickly the dust settled on that.

Though to anyone trying to encourage discontent to westerners with socially liberal beliefs, it's a pretty helpful narrative to push.

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[–] ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

(sarcasm. the CCP is hatefully repressive to queer identities.)

And yet, here you are, making this post.

Would you be making a post giving trump props if an occasion happened where he was the broken clock that happened to be right that one time? No? Then what are you doing here? (I don't need you response, this is something you should be asking yourself)

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 week ago

You’re getting my response anyway, ready?

Would you be making a post giving trump props…?

Does Trump own TikTok? Instagram? No. So I would not give Trump props when TikTok or Instagram exhibit good behaviors.

I am giving props to RedNote for the space it is allowing for queer voices.
Fuck Trump.
Fuck the CCP.

That’s it. You gotta engage your active listening skills more brother. ❤️

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How do I sign up for that. I’d like to get paid!

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 week ago

I’m not sure it just kind of started happening

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I've been getting some major astroturfing vibes around here lately.

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[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Well whoever said CCP will censor LGBT content doesn't know much about the CCP.

On the other hand try posting anything critical about the Chinese government...

[–] Batman@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm gay for tiananmen square.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

weirdchamp but aight 🤨

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[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

i have to admit it is quite magnificent.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

Chinese writer sentenced to 10 years in prison for homoerotic book

A Chinese novelist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for writing and distributing homoerotic novels, provoking widespread debate online over the severity of her sentence.

The female writer, surnamed Liu, but more commonly known by her internet pseudonym Tianyi, was arrested in 2017 following the success of her novel “Occupy,” according to reports in Chinese state media.

The book was described by police in East China’s Anhui Province as depicting “obscene sexual behavior between males” set to themes of “violence, abuse and humiliation.”

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[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Is LGBTQ+ content not restricted/shadow banned there? 31 hearts and 1 comment isn't really a lot.

If Twitter took away the restricted flag, would anyone have known typing "cisgender" is blacklisted? Most corporate social media don't publish what is or isn't restricted.

Plus China officially encourages """"traditional"""" gender roles since their demographic crisis will come crashing down soon, with LGBTQ+ centers and clubs being shut down by the government.

[–] Vibi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was wondering this as well and have been incredibly surprised how different the landscape is from my assumptions. Their algorithm very quickly understood my identity and preferences and started mixing in a good amount of wlw content with just an overflow of positive comments and engagement. I was also super happy to see creators that I enjoy being welcomed and praised on the platform - creators which 100% of the time have people leave the most unkind comments on their posts. There's one in particular, a man who showcases and slays in his dresses, which I've yet to see one negative comment towards. Time will tell how long things stay this way!

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[–] istdaslol@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

People are really naive. I bet maos little red book has a special mode for people on the other side of the great firewall. China wants to look good to create soft power, they don’t want us to see all the tofu buildings collapsing they want us to see a girl living to western standards, not how the average Chinese lives

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you think the Chinese gov planned this and has been preparing for this? Like they couldn't just curate an entire social media sites worth of content just on the off chance that millions of Americans go there out of spite. Spite is rather unpredictable.

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[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Good question. Here’s one from the same account with 16k likes. Any restrictions on LGBT content is not significantly worse than we already see from Meta and TikTok.

Re: the rest of your comment, yeah fuck the CCP as I said in OP. Just giving credit where due and a lot of people (like yourself) make a couple of (understandable) assumptions that are not backed up by any experience I have had yet.

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[–] shani66@ani.social 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"b-b-but corporation bad!"

No shit people, corporations are badbut some are worse and some are better. Not that that is even the topic of discussion, this is clearly about spaces people exist in.

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[–] hazeebabee 18 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

It's going to be so interesting seeing how all of this plays out. Will meta succeed in reclaiming their market share? Will a new app take the throne? Will congress just keep banning any app that is too popular and not under the american oligarchys control? Will trump somehow leverage this into him being the one to save tiktok? Will loops UI ever be good enough to compete? Only time will tell.

What a strange timeline we live in lol

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[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 16 points 1 week ago

Out of every lesbian manwha I read all of them were Chinese

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

obligatory yapdollar

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[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hoo boy am I angry about this ..

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