Updated my RedNote Beginner Guide — happy to answer questions

About a year ago when TikTok refugees first started flooding into Xiaohongshu, I posted here offering to help. Since then I’ve gotten a lot of questions from new users.

I finally went back and updated my beginner guide to cover everything I’ve learned from helping people over the past year — signing up, changing language, searching with Chinese keywords, posting your first note, shopping tips, privacy settings, cultural etiquette, and more.

Here’s the link: https://www.moranfong.com/rednote-beginner-guide/

I’m Chinese and have been using Xiaohongshu for years. If you have any questions about using the app, feel free to ask in the comments — I’ll do my best to help.

Comments

Competitive-Bat-43•about 2 months ago•1

Thank you for this!!!!

Sea-Accountant-612•about 2 months ago•1

Hi there. I just made my first account this morning and was blocked within minutes of editing my bio. I hadn't even posted anything yet. I did edit my bio a few times and thought I saw something about only being able to edit it 3 times in a certain time frame. Is this what I did wrong? How can I get my profile/account back? Thank you 😄

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