A great reading list on Xiaohongshu (the real name for RedNote) was shared earlier by Dr Qian Huang, have a look! https://qianxeniahuang.super.site/resources/xiaohongshu-literature
She also made the appeal to refer to and share the spotlight with those researchers who have acquired expertise on this platform for the past 11 years, so it's also a good referral list in case anyone gets media requests for comments! https://bsky.app/profile/qianhuang.bsky.social/post/3lfsaeja7bc23

@laurenshof I was thinking the same except I'm not too sure about the data privacy maybe use a burner phone!

@laurenshof also i wouldn't be surprised if China themselves shut off access for Americans when they start bringing up Chinese human rights violations. the Great Firewall of China exists for a reason!

@laurenshof they'll probably wait for the Supreme Court to make its judgement if it rules against TikTok, it'll most likely also be applicable to ALL other Chinese apps. the same happened in India when it banned TikTok in 2020, it banned another 59 Chinese apps as well

funniest story of 2025 so far is how the impending TikTok-ban is causing a migration/exploration of Americans to the Chinese app Rednote, where they're having so much more cultural exchanges than they would have had if TikTok would stay around. What a boomerang!

@rwg @pixelfed @aram I like the idea! I would also want to volunteer to help out but not sure if i can commit to much these next few months...

@rwg @pixelfed @aram @atomicpoet exactly! The same happened with Lemmy when Reddit restricted access to its API. Curious if any TikTokers might find their way to Loops, haven't tried it myself.