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libs wouldn't know anything about self censorship I'm sure 😂
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and not the redrawing of boundaries of acceptable thought
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libs wouldn't know anything about self censorship I'm sure 😂
and not the redrawing of boundaries of acceptable thought
You can't draw any generalized conclusions about Chinese posters from what you anecdotally see on a social media app. The platforms are developed to curate your personal feed so it's not surprising a tankie will see primarily tankie posts just as it wouldn't be surprising if a lib got the impression that the same app was entirely filled with Chinese libs yearning for apple pie.
The thing is: Douyin and Tiktok were intentionally seperated for their domestic and foreign counterparts, in their own jurisdictions.
However, xiaohongshu, as the article points out, is fully in China's hands of jurisdiction and regulations, so unless they make seperate version for foreigners, OOF, they're not getting a lot of
I'm not on any Chinese social media so I don't have any personal feeds that are generalized. I'm more going off memes and videos off bilibili where there will be long explanations of Marxism with a ton of people in the comments
I run on vibes
I'm saying you can't make a generalized statement like "chinese posters are X" based on what you observe on social media since the social media platforms introduce a selection bias whether you choose to cultivate it or not.
It's kinda weird how very aware everyone was of this on tiktok where we had frequent posts talking about how to cultivate it to be more specifically communist or complaining about being stuck in "niche hobby tiktok" yet on this new app everyone seems to have completely forgotten this and is celebrating that everyone is commie now because that is what they are seeing on rednote.