Embassy of Hexbear on Lemmygrad

I think the bit would’ve been funnier without the over-the-top end in the sense of testing how much an instance that prides itself on rejecting such flimsy anti-China stories would end up believing. And maybe the internalized orientalism it played on would’ve been constructively self-critted out. Opportunities for friendly education!

the problem is this: the bit was only possible because of years of crediblity that the real xiaohongshu built up over various accounts. if someone made a new account it would get discarded immediately. you could try building credibility on a bit accounts for years beforehand (which i dont actually think anyone in the world has the dedication for), but to build up your account(s) credibility to a similar level to what xhs has, would take even more effort. xhs has years of history speaking about china and things only someone who has lived in china for a decent chunk of time, and none of the other chinese users have ever called out anything xhs has said as being something from someone who has never lived in china. if whoever did the bit tried to do something similar, make all these claims about china for months/years needed to build up credibility for this post, its very likely someone would catch on. it would be unfair and not as funny if people were getting tricked by a post that while flimsy rode off the back of trust off of someone a lot of users have grown to trust over the years. it would be really fucked up to do a post thats more murky like that if you're impersonating someone else. basically, i think the only way to do a bit in a way that you're describing is it was actually coming from xhs or someone else from china who builds a similar amount of credibility