Most likely, XHS will be banned in the US, making your entire post moot.
Yeah I think this is what will most likely happen. That and/or the Chinese userbase will be walled off from the western one by the CPC for various reasons.
transnationalmaoist
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I’m quoting actual data instead of just vague hand-waving. 1 million users leaving (actually deleting their accounts) and more simply not using the app anymore is not nothing. DAU is down, revenue is down, … people leaving matters.
You didn't cite anything specifically or provide a source, but I'll assume you're right. But you overlooked the total userbase of twitter, which is around 400 million (https://www.statista.com/topics/737/twitter/#topicOverview). So what does a 1 million user deletion actually mean? I mentioned that in my initial response to you but you failed to engage with it. It seems like you're the one doing the hand-waving my friend.
Nobody thought buying twitter was gonna hurt him politically
People absolutely thought this. Remember when he initially backed out and then was forced to continue the purchase deal? All sorts of talk about how this was bad for him. That and other things, like how he handled twitter at the beginning of his reign. There are plenty of articles, etc. on this and they're not hard to find.
is pretty indicative of American “fuck you” culture. One of the strongest narratives that is threaded through American culture is that of the rebel. When this rebellious nature is coupled with a lack of principals, well, you get this. People hear “We don’t want you to be on the China App”, and go “Well, I’m just going to do it harder to spite you!”.
I don't really buy this kind of Streisand Effect thing. If that were true, why didn't people rebel when Netflix banned password sharing? (Seems like Netflix is still alive and well). Or during the whole Gamestop/RobinHood stock thing? (they immediately folded). There are countless other examples where people said "oh yeah! we'll rebel/leave/find another platform" and nothing came of it. Also, this "rebel" culture thing is weirdly associated with patriotic socialism and maga communism. I don't know, I don't think it's an appropriate analysis.
The platform has lost over 1 million users and global active users has gone down.
I dunno ppl have been saying that for a while now and honestly it sounds like cope to me. And 1 million users lost? Out of how many? Hundreds of millions? Are you joking or being serious?
Yeah the mods themselves. There was sticked a post about a Red Note agitprop contest. And other mods didn't take it down, so it was tacitly approved. And I know for a fact that they have said multiple times that "this is just a shitposting website, not a place for real organization" etc etc.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the term ‘incel’ be used that out of context, and especially not on this website.
It's used IRL all the time, and also on places other than hexbear, lemmygrad, etc. I've personally seen it.
Honestly most of hexbear is really bad when it comes to incels. They don't really understand them, and don't offer anything constructive or anything in the way of praxis in order to tackle the issue. It's just "be cool man!!!" as if it's that easy. Sure anyone can be a good person, but that doesn't necessarily translate into intimacy with the other sex. There's a reason why the PUA guys get a following: it's because some of the techniques for self-improvement actually work. And I don't mean "just be yourself" or "just be confident" because anyone who says that is deeply unserious and honestly needs to learn to view the world outside of their own sphere of conceivability. But I've learned that actually having a real discussion about those topics here is a waste of time, and honestly the fash are gonna keep increasing their ranks with the lonely frustrated men. So I guess it's better to leave or learn some self defense I guess.
Honestly I think it's projection. Or they can't even conceive that someone may have been a lurker without an account or practiced actual digital hygiene and created a new account for opsec, etc.
Your account is only about a year old, so what do you know about old hexbear?
People use it, the same way liberals were calling Trump and Putin the F-slur (e.g. "yeah I bet Putin effs trump in the A") in order to attack Trump as being a Russian asset or whatever.