What’s Wrong with Reuters’ Report on “TikTok Refugees”? How to Make It More Interactive and Readable

I analyze the Reuters article Over half a million ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to China’s RedNote and discuss its shortcomings in online delivery.

U.S. and Chinese flags with TikTok logo and a gavel, symbolizing legal issues.
Source: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Multimedial

The article emphasizes that RedNote surged by 700,000 users in a short period but did not provide a trend chart of changes in download volume.

Suggestion: Add the download trend chart of RedNote to supplement visual information.

Trend chart showing RedNote search volume increase from November 2024 to January 2025, with a sharp rise after the TikTok ban.
Source: Exploding Topics

Hypertextual

The article mentions Lemon8 and ByteDance but no relevant website. Alsoit cites estimates from Sensor Tower but does not provide a link to the report.

Suggestion: Insert hyperlinks to Lemon8 and ByteDance’s Websites and the Sensor Tower report to give more context, being transparent.

 

Interactive

The article refers to the “TikTok refugees” discussion on RedNote but does not use any social media content.

Suggestion: Embed user tweets, polls (e.g., “Do you use RedNote?”), and comment functions to increase user interaction.

 

Interface Design

There is no subtitle for the text, making the paragraphs very dense, and users have to read the entire text to grasp the main points.

Suggestion: Add subtitles “RedNote: Valuation soars, market betting on IPOs” and “How do users view RedNote?” to creat logical segmentation points.

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