Rednote is now asking for identity verification and I just don’t feel comfortable with that.
Is this normal and is there anyway to get out of permanent-lurk mode? Has anyone actually done it? Am I being xenophobic by not trusting this after being on there for months? Lmao
Disregard you guys! Looks like we’re all in the same boat about this right now
Just don’t use the app. Real Name verification is normal on Chinese apps. Go use TikTok it’s banned in China so it doesnt require real name verification.
Tbh, they require it of Chinese users, so only fair they ask it of all users. I haven't gotten the real id thing yet, and my passport is expired so hoping to last a while longer.
I am disappointed, but, it’s probably for the best they don’t have a bajillion unverified people running around.
Although, I put my phone number in, I feel like that’s good enough?
I have them my passport info and still they’re not verifying me
Since Rednote got a “slap” from the Chinese authorities in September, identity verification is being enforced and it seems that only Chinese IDs are able to be verified.
The authorities like to keep China’s domestic internet and social media apps separated from the rest of the world as far as possible. They probably got uncomfortable with the amount of new foreign users joining after the TikTok ban so are now soft-locking non-Chinese users.
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Why exactly? You and me know why America is banning tiktok... They can't control the narrative their like they do with Facebook or Instagram YouTube. etc The genocide in Gaza was being shown in its full without any kind of censorship... And daddy israel doesn't like that so the AIPAC who's holding the American politicians by the balls... Forced them into banning the app.... It's not about privacy or any of that.... Remember edward Snowden.? I rest my case.
Say it with me....because he and his oligarch buddies are getting worried Americans are waking up to the truth about the anti-China propaganda BS in Red Note and will either demand better conditions or go full socialist.