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Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote (techcrunch.com)

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[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Isn't Xiao Hong Shu a chinese speaking platform? Why would they go there?

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is tiktok promoting content that says to move to that platform? Cause if so, gov might have a point about Chinese manipulation lol

[–] Katrisia@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

No, the users wanted to paint a big "🖕" to the U.S. government for banning the app. A user made a video saying: "they underestimated our level of pettiness". Some were also uninstalling apps like Instagram.