On the heels of TikTok's looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu as people become less optimistic that TikTok can overturn U.S. ban.
The Google account seems unnecessary if you’re attaching a number bc you could just sign up using only the number.
Anyway, I think I’m going to stick with the account I made using a dud gmail address and cope with being unable to post or comment anything