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Why is this the exact opposite of what I've been reading Lemmy users say about their experience? Especially the LGBTQ experience?
Yeah I've given it a try and honestly I probably won't use it long term because well... It's all in Chinese and as cool as it would be to learn a new language (any language really) I don't have the time or energy to do that.
In my short experience there's a lot of lesbians on there, and "skin" gets shown quite a bit. I saw someone pole dancing in a jinx cosplay.
There's some cool things the app does I wish we had an English alternative, it's like tiktok combined with Pinterest? So there's better category sorting and you can save stuff in collections.
I also really have enjoyed the comments from Chinese people. It's really fun hearing their stories. I honestly sometimes forget, with how much we talk about China bad in America, that they're just people too? They're curious about our pets, they want to see what food we eat. Someone had hundreds of Chinese people try grilled cheese Sandwhiches.
Its a cultural exchange in the digital age that I've never seen before and honestly... I hope it sticks for that alone.
If you're looking to learn a new language that's actually useful to learn and also pretty easy, I would recommend Indonesian. It's a bastardized version of Malaysian but with more thought put into it.
Edit: As others have pointed out, it's not actually a useful language to learn unless you're in Indonesia, so I retract that.
Thanks for the suggestion! I'm not sure if I'll ever truly learn another language, but I'll be sure to remember this just in case I'm in a situation where I'd like to!