Something to keep in mind is that Rednote's userbase is generally younger, higher income, and is 70% women, so they are absolutely not representative of China in general. I don't use TikTok and so am not really familiar with its demographics, but I think it's a lot more varied? This is going to heavily affect how people see their own country and the experiences that they're sharing.
Something I've noticed is that the Chinese users try to make themselves look better, while the Americans try to make themselves worse. This doesn't mean everyone is lying necessarily, just that only the ones what have the most shocking things to say will speak up.
For instance, there was an thread asking Americans their income that had pretty normal variety of numbers and work hours, but if you look in other threads you'd think every single person worked 70 hours working two jobs a week making 35k a year and barely able to afford food.
So, some more of the Chinese perspective:
Some users have expressed that Rednote has become foreign to them, not just because of the newcomer Americans, but also because they've never seen their fellow Rednote natives put on such a friendly face before
Along those same lines, others are expressing that it's been tiring being so friendly all the time, and may not be able to keep it up for much longer because they're usually much meaner
Some reminiscing on how it feels like it's a decade ago right now, back when they could access Instagram without having to bypass the wall
Between the stories that Americans are aharing about working multiple jobs, high medical bills, and not being able to afford food, many are wondering why Americans aren't doing anything about it ("You guys have guns!"), while others are wondering if these are all fake accounts created by Chinese people stealing posts from instagram to make them feel more patriotic or Americans are just lying
Obviously there's people who don't like this change, mostly people overwhelmed by the amount of English that's taken over the app. an example of a group that's also unhappy is fandom, because there's been some people just joining that immediately try to police what they ship
Also the way Americans have colonized every comment section asking for English translations or just announcing they are "TikTik refugees" can be annoying to them
More misconceptions: Americans go back to work right after giving birth because they don't need to heal, American homeless people are just too lazy to find a job, Americans don't save any money because they prefer spending
A few things they're surprised by: the existence of lunch debt, that Americans have property tax (In China, buying a house = leasing it for 70 years, no tax), and the fact that Americans like to use their real names, share a ton of personal information, and use their face as their profile picture online
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