Social media users turn to Lemon8 and REDnote as US considers TikTok ban
ABCIf you're a regular TikTok user, you may have heard the names REDnote and Lemon8 in recent days. Downloads of the two social media apps have shot up as American TikTok users have scrambled to find a new vertical video platform. REDnote's app store blurb describes it as "a dynamic lifestyle platform for young people to share experiences, explore a real, beautiful, and diverse world, and find the lifestyle they desire". Also owned by ByteDance, influencers have described Lemon8 as the "back-up app" and it appears to be where the company hopes disenfranchised TikTok users will go under a possible ban. Since Lemon8's launch in the US in 2023, American TikTok users have reported being "bombarded" with ads for the platform, in what some believe is an attempt to quietly push users to download the app.