Millions of people are downloading Rednote just to spite the US government. It’s almost as if the government forgot this country was built on spite and a refusal to be controlled. - ThreadSky

dimitrymak.co • 53 days ago

Millions of people are downloading Rednote just to spite the US government. It’s almost as if the government forgot this country was built on spite and a refusal to be controlled.

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dcafotos.bsky.social•53 days ago

Already installed!

defeline.bsky.social•52 days ago

Hahaha! IKR?

darthmocap.bsky.social•52 days ago

I just installed TikTok to watch this unfold. Frankly, I dont think the US gov understands what its trying to do or why it isnt really the ban it thinks it is.

Elon will Twitter it anyway, I hear.

benrains.bsky.social•53 days ago

I read the translation of the app's name, Xiaohongshu, in English is actually "Little Red Book", which is worrying given the history of that... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotations_from_Chairman_Mao_Tse-tung

gaffa.bsky.social•52 days ago

Are you suggesting that banning tick tock is going to cause the young people of America to rise up in a Cultural Revolution?

dimitrymak.co•53 days ago

We literally have a giant orange book in the White House.

benrains.bsky.social•53 days ago

I think you misspelled giant orange boob.

benrains.bsky.social•53 days ago

Or maybe you meant giant orange crook?

dimitrymak.co•53 days ago

All of the above

gaffa.bsky.social•52 days ago

To quote Bill Murray in Stripes:

We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse.