Just like the "men would do anything but go to therapy" meme, Americans would rather install malware on their phones than get out to vote.
You talk as if your vote means shit.
I think a handful of influencers found it and just started promoting it. It's a bandwagon thing, I'm not expecting 95% of the TikTok base to be going to another Chinese app just to stick it to the man. They are going their because the people they follow are going there.
And no doubt they were bribed like motherfuckers to promote it.
I'm too old to be up to date with American internet culture. What app are the cool kids using now?
A bunch of people moved over to 小红书 (xiaohongshu) lit. "little red book" aka RedNote. It's basically chinese instagram.
What’s the obsession with Chinese social media anyway
Yeah, anything but foss apparently.
Sorry for off topic.