ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — As questions surround the future of the “TikTok” app, in the wake of a brief ban in the U.S. content creators have been seeking alternatives, like REDNote. What should you know about it before you download it? Jamey Tucker explains in the video above. For more “What the Tech?” stories, click here. The post What is REDnote? | What the Tech? appeared first on KOB.com.

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Users looking for a TikTok alternative learn about daily life in China, but some posts are taboo.

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American TikTokers Get a Taste of Chinese Censorship as They Rush to RedNote

TikTok users fleeing to the app RedNote are mingling with Chinese social media users. VCG/VCG via Getty ImagesTikTok refugees fled by the millions to RedNote, a Chinese app, in response to the TikTok ban, which went into effect Jan. 19, 2025. The company shut down the app shortly before midnight on Jan. 18. Through cat memes, shared jokes about the ban and honest conversations about usually avoided topics, former TikTokers and RedNote natives ar…

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What’s happening on RedNote? A media scholar explains the app TikTok users are fleeing to – and the cultural moment unfolding there

A marketing campaign brief obtained by WIRED reveals how the Chinese app is trying to capitalize on its sudden international popularity.

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Photo Credit: AppMagic In the days leading up to the US TikTok ban, Americans have flooded Rednote, a similarly Chinese-owned app, with over a million downloads. Chinese social media app Rednote, a platform similar to TikTok and Instagram, has surpassed 4 million downloads worldwide in the past week. And according to new press insights, Americans make up a quarter of that number. Last week, with the US TikTok ban looming large, the Chinese-langu…

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Over a Million Americans Have Downloaded Rednote

TikTok refugees fled by the millions to RedNote, a Chinese app, in response to the TikTok ban, which went into effect Jan. 19, 2025. The company shut down the app shortly before midnight on Jan. 18 but restored service the following day. The app was unavailable to download from the Apple and Google app stores on Jan. 19.

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What's happening on the RedNote social platform? A media scholar explains the cultural moment unfolding there

TikTok refugees fled by the millions to RedNote, a Chinese app, in response to the TikTok ban, which went into effect Jan. 19, 2025. The company shut down the app shortly before midnight on Jan. 18. Through cat memes, shared jokes about the ban and honest conversations about usually avoided topics, former TikTokers and RedNote natives are bridging years of U.S.-China digital separation. This spontaneous convergence recalls the internet’s origina…

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What’s happening on RedNote? A media scholar explains the app TikTok users are fleeing to – and the cultural moment unfolding there - Tech and Science Post

More than 3 mln Americans joined the Tencent- and Alibaba-backed Chinese social media platform as its bigger rival's ban neared. The refugees are sparking cross-cultural repartee but also pushing up RedNote's costs and causing security concerns, complicating its path to an IPO.

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