Original | Odaily (@OdailyChina)
Author | Wenser (@wenser 2010)
On January 20, as Donald Trump is about to take office as the President of the United States, there are reports that the TikTok ban will also take effect this Sunday. Thus, the most astonishing "cyber migration" of the year has begun - countless American TikTok users are rushing to the Little Red Book app, helping it become the number one download on the US App Store.
In the process of the "TikTok refugee tide" hitting, the most responsive MEME coins naturally did not miss out, and the MEME coin named after the classic Little Red Book character momo once exceeded a market value of $10 million, making people exclaim "the great fortune not only went to Little Red Book, but also to the crypto people."
Odaily will introduce in this article the entry of TikTok users into Little Red Book and the related MEME coins, for readers' reference. Note: This article is only for news sharing, does not constitute investment advice, please choose investment targets carefully, DYOR.
Waking up to find TikTok refugees as "my online friends"?
This morning, many people opened the Little Red Book app and suddenly found: How come there are suddenly more foreign users' content on the timeline?
These foreign users mostly call themselves "TikTok Refugees", saying that due to the impact of the TikTok ban, they had to come from the US TikTok to the Little Red Book app, which can also be downloaded in the US, and they immediately blended into this social media platform where the mainstream language is Chinese. Looking closely, they are mainly divided into the following types:
MEME is the biggest cultural common denominator: Ele.me also plays abstract, putting MEME in a burlap bag becomes a trend
After TikTok users entered Little Red Book, due to the impact of language differences, the easy-to-understand MEME became the best medium for them to communicate with Chinese users, and the comment section may even have the official food delivery platform Ele.me joining in the fun, which can be called a "dream collaboration".
Ele.me: Have you eaten?
"Be honest, hand over the MEME, put it in my burlap bag--"
The foreigners burst out laughing
"Loyal cat, not afraid of difficulties--"
Be honest, you've been targeted. Okay, officer.
Ask Me Anything: The first thing foreigners do on Little Red Book is to start an AMA
With more and more TikTok users entering, the curiosity of Chinese internet users towards foreigners is also increasing day by day. In order to communicate better on Little Red Book with Chinese netizens, some foreigners have directly started "AMA", showing an open attitude of "I'm here, you can ask me anything."
However, compared to the curiosity towards foreigners, for some Chinese netizens, their more urgent need may be their "English reading comprehension test paper", and some even directly posted the questions, seeking help from foreigners to utilize their language advantage. Surprisingly, this trick really works, and someone did post an answer in the comments, looking quite professional. As for the accuracy, only the parties involved know.
Someone really posted the answer in the comments, don't know if it's correct or not
Since there are Chinese people asking foreigners English reading questions, naturally there are also reversed scenes - foreigners asking Chinese people math questions.
I'm poor at math, you know
When in Rome, do as the Romans do: Foreigners also understand Chinese memes
In addition to the well-known cat MEME and academic advantage memes, foreigners have also learned many Chinese context-based memes at an extremely fast pace, such as--
Are you here to pull shit?
"V me 50 ——"
KFC is expected to surpass McDonald's and create glory again
Selfie posting trend: Beautiful photos are the best follower-attracting tool
In addition to playing memes, self-introduction posts have also become the "warm-up posts" of foreign users on Little Red Book. Many American TikTok users have thus achieved rapid growth in followers, with tens of thousands of followers in a single day, making many Chinese beauty bloggers grind their teeth in envy: "It's really the foreign monk who can chant sutras!"
TT refugee, posting selfies online
"Yuan Fang, what do you think?"
Tricking foreigners trend: PDD, help me slash one
Even more so, they see foreigners as "new Pinduoduo users", directly saying "unless I invite you, don't download the Pinduoduo app", making foreigners have to shout "Little Red Book is deeply scheming, I want to go back to the US".
Is PDD the biggest winner?
In addition to the above content that makes people smile, more importantly, due to the recommendation algorithm, the more you click on similar content, the more similar content will appear on your timeline. If you want to see more, many people have already searched for the #tiktokrefugee tag.
MEME coins are still the fastest wind vane: momo, yoyo, and Potato Captain have all come out
After the "Little Red Book welcomes TikTok refugees" event gradually attracted a lot of attention, the MEME coins, which have always been seen as the "news hot spot wind vane", have not disappointed. Not only did they not miss out, but several worth-mentioning targets also appeared quickly. Due to the limited space and time, Odaily only summarizes a few representative MEME coins as follows:
momo: The momo army of Little Red Book, transformed into the best symbol
As a unique character on the Little Red Book platform, momo has also triggered widespread discussion among Chinese internet users before. Originally it was the default user name for WeChat users logging into the Little Red Book app, and later it was seen by many netizens as the "best anonymous stealth character". Since then, a group of momo army has appeared, active in the comment sections of various hot posts on Little Red Book. After the influx of foreigners into Little Red Book, this symbol has also been seen as the best metonym for MEME coins - everyone is momo.
According to GMGN data, the momo token is currently priced at $0.006, with a market cap of about $6 million, having previously reached around $12 million.
momo token information
Potato Captain: The concept of Little Red Book's official operating mascot
In addition to momo, the Potato Captain, who is the official mascot of Little Red Book, has also become one of the tickers for MEME coins.
According to GMGN data, the current$Potato Captain price is around $0.00008, with a market cap of around $800,000.
Potato Captain token information
REDnote: Xiaohongshu becomes a hot search term on Google in the US
Apart from the platform's role, the official name of Xiaohongshu, Rednote, has recently surged to the top of the Google hot search list in the US, and the meme coin of the same name REDnote has also attracted a certain market attention.
According to GMGN data, the current price of REDnote is reported to be $0.00079, and the market value is reported to be around $800,000.
Summary: Emotion is the biggest driving force in the Meme coin track
When TikTok US users had to seek out new social media platforms due to the ban on "data security risks", they excluded Instagram, which had a "history of leaking user privacy", and the X platform (formerly Twitter) controlled by Musk. Hamilton, a celebrity with nearly 4 million followers on TikTok, sent a video mocking: "Don't you want the Chinese not to have our very sensitive personal information? Then come to Xiaohongshu."
At this moment, emotion has become the best accelerant for cyber migrants, and the biggest attention engine in the Meme coin market.
Although the emotional outburst may end up in a mess, those TikTok refugees won't care, after all, living in the present is the pursuit of today's young people.
