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[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 59 points 1 month ago

No idea what made it go viral. That said, I just signed up and I'm digging it, this was literally the first thing in my feed

[-] markinov@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is the first thing I see opening the app

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 1 month ago
[-] markinov@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It remains to be seen for how long. Libs will be freaking out when they find an intersection of Chinese users on political posts like the Ukraine-Russia war in the host app they’re going to as 'refugees.' Their bubble will be burst badly when people disagree with them. Also, I followed the 'reading' interest, and there's a lot of Mao and the Red Book there. Americans will freak out over "genocider" worship in a Chinese TikTok alternative. This app will probably separate global servers from China servers to avoid that, like TikTok, if it wants to replace TikTok

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 1 month ago

I suspect that libs aren't gonna touch the app with a ten foot pole, but there are a lot of people in US who are becoming radicalized out of liberal mainstream. Even if the US bans the app eventually, millions of Americans will now be talking directly to people living in China. The more people talk to each other the harder it will be for the US to dehumanize or stereotype China going forward.

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

Just wait until they ask about the Uyghurs.

[-] dustcommie@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is that a Lenin model kit or just a figure!?

[-] markinov@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 month ago

Idk about the Lenin one, the sickle and hammer is a model kit. Link https://xhslink.com/a/SPKllNtXQyF3

[-] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 1 month ago

Damn, I was browsing Hexbear and I'm tempted to install the app now. I'm kinda expecting for it to be a huge time sink considering how much I use Lemmy and Telegram on my phone lmao

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