Any non-Chinese users here who never actually used TikTok?

I never used TikTok - I tried it out once for like 10 minutes a few years ago and promptly deleted it. I downloaded RedNote due to all the hype, and I instantly found it much better than TikTok. I've always been interested in foreign countries, including China, and I've found RedNote to be a fascinating window into Chinese culture, mindsets, etc. To be honest, that's the main appeal.

I recently re-downloaded TT just to compare and yep, TT is much worse. I swear the algorithm is actually harder for me to curate as it tends to consistently insist on recommending brainrot despite my best efforts, while I was able pretty quickly to cultivate RedNote to serve me contents of higher quality on average.

So yeah, anyone come over during the "refugee" rush who actually isn't a refugee?

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snowytheNPC•over 1 year ago•3

I’ve been using XHS for around 5 years now and only used TikTok on and off for the last 6 months. Let me know if anyone wants Chinese tags to follow for cultural content

InevitableError9517•over 1 year ago•1

As of recent I’ve never used TikTok and if I did it was just barely

Feeling_Ideal_Mae•over 1 year ago•1

yes!

bidicalabonga•over 1 year ago•1

Never used

truncated_buttfu•over 1 year ago•1

I'm from Sweden and have never used TikTok. I've seen other people use it and nothing about it ever appealed to me.

But when the Rednote migration happened, I saw so many posts about the fun cultural exchanges happening and many people talked about how much nicer that place is than US social media, so I downloaded it to give it a try.

Very nice place so far, probably the friendliest internet community I've seen in decades. I've already made a friend who is visiting Sweden from China right now and met him IRL for coffee. Lovely chap!

jo_nigiri•over 1 year ago•1

I thought Tiktok was painfully boring and never had it. Been on XHS for about a year

ExtremeResponse•over 1 year ago•1

Me. But I also don't use rednote.

Appropriate-Cow-5814•over 1 year ago•1

American here and I have never used TikTok, but now I am using RedNote.

SinSmooth•over 1 year ago•1

https://preview.redd.it/8sa6ac7rn6ge1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a950917eef97468d13501dbf791b0256f575f6f6

I tried to ask this a bit ago too but only had one non-Chinese answer.

A friend from China had me install the app, is how I heard about it.

ListeningPlease•over 1 year ago•1

I am from the US and I didn't use tik tok. I saw several videos on Instagram about the Chinese Culture and how nice and welcoming most people are on the app. So i joined rednote. Now, I prefer it. There's so much health information, and I love learning about other cultures. However, I am seeing more US politics bleeding onto the platform, which is to be expected, but I'm trying to get away from it lol

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