Although the role of the American app discord has been talked about in the Nepal protests, what has been missing is the role of the Chinese app Tik Tok. Tik Tok was the only major social media app that was not banned by the government because it had registered and had set up a local representative. The nepo-baby trend that led to the protests spread over TikTok. Young Nepalis copied the trend from similar videos from the Philippines and Indonesia. They also saw the Indonesian protests on TikTok and took on some of its symbols like the One Piece flag.
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I was in that Nepali discord group on the day that they voted for the interim PM. It was a mess. People were mostly confused. It was not organised at all. The members were mostly kids. But they were filled with a determination to set a new course for their country. There were pretty wild ideas like completely changing the constitution, and some very wacky candidates. But the young people chose the best person for the job. Still, discord is just a part of it. The wider conversation happened over Reddit and TikTok.
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🇺🇸 map quiz. 50/50. Glad I still remember considering how long it has been since I last lived there. https://us-map-quiz.vercel.app
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