The China-centric video sharing platform is expanding with a new international app and an English version of its website – with no identity verification (for now at least)

  • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 days ago

    Seems like a natural next step. XHS works well as a social media app across countries and has opened up China to average US citizens and vice versa. I’ve had a lot of good genuine conversations with people, they’ve managed to cultivate a good culture on the app.

    As YouTube continues to enshittify, maybe there’s an opportunity for another app with an already large user base to take its crown.

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      6 days ago

      Didn’t XHS shut down their international users? Their website only seems to allow Chinese phone numbers now

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        6 days ago

        At the time of posting I was chatting with a woman from Guangdong about her recommendations for Samsung phones to buy my partner, so, I don’t think so.

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          6 days ago

          Actually I dug deeper and they separated RedNote (international)/XHS (domestic) into different websites which my search engine didn’t want to show for whatever reason