My Tear Ducts Are Broken After I Spent All Night Crying Laughing Over These 26 Tweets About Americans On RedNote
By now, I'm sure you've heard that Americans are flocking to RedNote, a Chinese social media app that largely mirrors Instagram, Reels, and TikTok.
The migration is primarily due to the US government's move to ban TikTok for users on Jan. 19, citing fear that the app — owned by the China-based parent company ByteDance — could create an opening for China to spy on US users.
So, because US citizens potentially need a new place to scroll and are vengeful over the US government taking away one of their favorite apps, Americans are signing up for RedNote (partially out of spite and partially because it seems really fun over there, TBH).
The new cross-cultural experience has made quite a splash, and every tweet about American 🫶🏽 Chinese interactions has been so, so, so good. Here are some of the most-liked:
1.
America: “we’re going to ban TikTok because THE CHINESE ARE STEALING YOUR DATA”Me reuniting with my Chinese spy on RedNote: pic.twitter.com/PFuYVTp7HW
— ✞ noctis ✞ (@L0RD_NOCTIS) January 14, 2025
Toei Animation / Twitter: @L0RD_NOCTIS
2.
AMERICAN LOSING ONE SOCIAL MEDIA APP: I’m a refugee
— gianmarco (@GianmarcoSoresi) January 14, 2025
3.
I’m quickly discovering how nobody is better at roasting Americans than the Chinese 😂 pic.twitter.com/f9QXypVKiq
— Revolutionary Blackout🥋 (@SocialistMMA) January 15, 2025
4.
Xiaohongshu is kind of a mouthful. How about we just call it X instead?
— pabst green onion 𓅃 (@millerlowlife_) January 14, 2025
5.
how i feel downloading RedNote/XiaoHongShu while being canadian (tiktok won’t be deleted here) pic.twitter.com/onwlgi69QH
— 🐈⬛ (@drainbit) January 14, 2025
Netflix / Twitter: @drainbit
6.
Some beautiful cultural exchanges happening on Xiaohongshu pic.twitter.com/ZYJ1SIQh75
— GL (@gldivittorio) January 15, 2025
7.
Chinese Netizens are wild 😭 (they just like me fr 🥹) pic.twitter.com/SugYxC4SxO
— ✨❄️ Momo Wang || Winter Heptagon ❄️✨ (@JacksonsMomo) January 13, 2025
8.
Rednote Chinese netizens posting this image at TikTok US netizens today pic.twitter.com/Af7AnVqocP
— Anonymous (@YourAnonCentral) January 14, 2025
9.
Amazing cross-cultural exchange happening over on RedNote pic.twitter.com/Gg08hf7zAa
— Jaelyn loves Adolin🖤 (@yrdreamgirll) January 13, 2025
10.
Explain why China is my enemy. I have more in common with your average Chinese worker than I do with an American billionaire.
— Mac (@GoodPoliticGuy) January 14, 2025
11.
if the government bans rednote i’m just going to start printing out my browser history every night before i go to bed and dropping it off at the Chinese consulate the next morning on my way to work.
— Canderous Ordoliberal 🫥 (@butleriano) January 14, 2025
12.
Me selecting “ALLOW” when Rednote asks if I will allow them to track my data🥰🥰 pic.twitter.com/TObFEimomp
— Base (@outsoldnation) January 14, 2025
Nintendo / Twitter: @outsoldnation
13.
The Chinese people on Xiaohongshu are now asking Americans for help with their English homework LMAOOOO pic.twitter.com/nAL3cedS85
— Gina Darling (@MissGinaDarling) January 13, 2025
14.
There is a non-zero chance that we get to hear Donald Trump say "Xiaohongshu" in the next few months
— carlo🔻 (@carlo_5518) January 13, 2025
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— Comrade Sisko 🖖🏾✊🏿 (@Pinko69420) January 15, 2025
FX / Twitter: @Pinko69420
16.
Absolutely! pic.twitter.com/fusy66TXjP
— Jack (@jackfromohio) January 14, 2025
17.
Learning Mandarin out of spite? You're not alone. We’ve seen a ~216% growth in new Chinese (Mandarin) learners in the US compared to this time last year. https://t.co/9hzwBxfTgD pic.twitter.com/qWM9f5oFYA
— Duolingo (@duolingo) January 15, 2025
18.
https://t.co/MeKlcb8Y24 pic.twitter.com/zPwAIebX6W
— Scott (@scogq) January 14, 2025
Lucasfilm / Twitter: @scogq
19.
how i feel watching everyone move to rednote when it wont send me a verification code pic.twitter.com/MKaF6KUVW0
— spooky caiti 👻 (@heyitscaiti) January 13, 2025
Nickelodeon / Twitter: @heyitscaiti
20.
Americans and Chinese on Rednote rn: pic.twitter.com/UTpY8lDcsC
— Kayla Murphy (@kaykayblondieee) January 13, 2025
21.
PLS STOP PLAYING WITH ME JSHDGSKGSJSGSJS pic.twitter.com/9i135YpUZc
— Ichigo Niggasake (@SomaKazima) January 15, 2025
22.
Bonding with my Chinese spy about key issues of our time pic.twitter.com/FrndtZ9lvH
— Bee (@bee_my_girl) January 14, 2025
23.
Chinese folks on Rednote are now learning and teaching other Chinese users western social media lingo so they can recognize and communicate with each other properly this is the best timeline pic.twitter.com/SQuHLsmu2y
— pocemon (@pocemon111) January 13, 2025
24.
When Zuck-y and Ellie Musk-y thought we were going to go to IG stories. But we're all moving to a Chinese app putting our data dollars into #Rednote 🤣😭 it's YNs in Atlanta learning Mandarin, sharing communism & socialist ideals #tiktokban #tiktok #meta pic.twitter.com/AyT47X0HWk
— Jonathon Majors' Coretta (@_adrian_sean) January 13, 2025
25.
someone on Xiaohongshu asked china to give their honest opinion of Americans and all the replies said we live in a oligarchy with the freedom of opinion but not the freedom of choice pic.twitter.com/3D8YmUZHHr
— drea (@okaybrb) January 15, 2025
26.
posted a picture of my cat on Xiaohongshu and someone replied with this 😭they gave my ass a receipt pic.twitter.com/p2DAf8oRkI
— drea (@okaybrb) January 14, 2025
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