It took a turn tonight

I've been very active on the app since the start of the Tiktok ban. I've spent several hours on the app per day and was having many robust and excellent conversations. I even posted a few videos and pictures. The experience I was having was overwhelmingly positive.

But tonight, something changed. I'm a US user and have posted here. I am not a bot.

I'm seeing a handful of posts here and there with "IP Address: United States" speaking in broken English that looks like it has been either translated or looks like it was written by a bot. These comments are almost all confirmation-bias and rage bait posts supporting the worst stereotypes some of the Chinese have against the US.

° Like, the US is a dumpster fire right now, I am well aware that things are rapidly going to shit here... but these sound like propaganda points. And we both have our propaganda.

Maybe it is just me. I took a break for a bit. I' just worried that we won't be siloed, we might be overrun with bots. I mean, if they can do it on Reddit why can't they do it there?

I was very optimistic but tonight I am not so much. I hope I am wrong.

Comments

EvilHwoarang•over 1 year ago•3

But the US is a dumpster fire right now and things are rapidly going to shit

ubasta•over 1 year ago•1

Most Chinese social media apps require Chinese ID verification if they are from China. It's more difficult to spin up bots in China if they have to get verified. Of course it's easier to create bots from US side though, only phone number is required.

NoHead1715•over 1 year ago•1

Are you familiar with the house bill HR1157? There's money to be made in creating conflict between USA and China, so it's not surprising these are coming out of the woodwork. The overseas Chinese diaspora also includes those who were forced to leave China for whatever reasons (eg. FLG, BNO holders, TW independence movement etc) so I can see that it would be in their interests to push non-Chinese citizens off XHS

Dizzy-Interview1933•over 1 year ago•1

What you're seeing is people from the US considerately adjusting their speech so that its easier for people in China to understand them.

Mediocre-Win1898•over 1 year ago•1

That's exactly what's happening, well I don't know if it's bots or this is just how some people actually write. It's definitely not the same as it was a week ago.

raziphel•over 1 year ago•1

Our country is actively collapsing into totalitarianist fascism, and the leftists were the first to migrate to xhs.

I'm not sure what you expected.

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