I am not a big social media user but I downloaded xiaohongshu just to see how things were going there firsthand.

It was downright heartwarming.

Chinese users being incredibly open to people coming on to the platform, going out of their way to provide messages in English and tutorials on how things work. Obviously it is a great chance for them to expand their viewership too. USians to their credit, being pretty humble and often even trying to use some mandarin or express interest in learning it. A lot of questions that seem to stem from legitimate curiosity as opposed to any kind of maliciousness. Legitimately some of the most positive social media I think I have ever seen in my life.

Will people stick with it? I have no idea, but I can only hope a little bit of the attitude sticks around longterm.