How has using rednote affected your perceptions of China?

It has been fascinating learning how full of shit our government is in their portrayal of China to us. Their love of learning. Their love of Nature. Their curiosity and acceptance and kindness has been wonderful. Talking and sharing stories with them has revealed that our country is a craven, selfish, lying, unfree, dystopian hellscape full of greed and suffering. Quality of life comparisons between our two cultures has painted an ugly picture of our society and crushed both culture's view of the American Dream as a sham and an untenable and unattainable lie.

They know much, much more about pop culture and the rest of the world than i thought

They’re pretty well informed, especially about global matters. It’s not a hostile environment. It’s a very creative and welcoming space.

Honestly I love china more now and desperately want to visit

You're seeing the China that China wants you to see. It's hiding the fact that the majority of their population is still living and working pretty rough, like Appalachia in the US.

Most of the posts you see on Rednote are from young professionals living in Tier 1 cities.

They are smart, funny, interesting, talented and very friendly. They seem to be surpassing us on many levels especially with technology that’s available to the general public. I was led to believe they were more isolated from the rest of the world buts that’s clearly untrue. I don’t know how the rural areas are or how the poor are treated but the little I’ve learned so far from people living in the cities has been extremely positive and eye opening.

It's now a place I'd love to go visit.

Even in China RedNote is notoriously out of with the actual society. Foreigners who use it as their source or insight for China will gradually become delusional about China. Use it just for fun, not any research tool. Never think RedNote represents China.

Yeah, I see them as normal people now.

Not really, I lived in Central Asia and there’s a lot of Chinese people in my town. I did however realize that they are way more hardworking than I thought