A profile of Charlwin Mao, founder of Xiaohongshu or “Little Red Book”, who claims the name references the color of his university Stanford and ex-employer Bain
Mao? [embedded post] Casey Newton / @caseynewton : So the app we've been calling RedNote is actually ... Charlwin Mao's Little Red Book??? Someone please reboot the simulation [embedded post] Mastodon: Ian Brown / @1br0wn@eupolicy.social : “Beijing is unlikely to tolerate Chinese internet users being exposed to more western content. While, in the US, the same lawmakers determined to ban #TikTok could make #Xiaohongshu their next target. Given tense relations between the two countries, Xiaohongshu's moment of global popularity may be brief.” … X: Paul Graham / @paulg : It shows you how desperate people are for a new TikTok if they're driven to signing up for an app that cancels your account if you post a picture of Winnie the Pooh. Sheel Mohnot / @pitdesi : I got permanently banned from RedNote for “harming national interests” bc I posted a picture of Winnie-The-Pooh😔 In case you don't know: Winnie-the-Pooh is censored in China because internet memes compare him to Xi Jinping [image]