One thing about teenagers is that when they want something, they’ll almost always find a way to get it.

When speculations came out that a ban on TikTok would be taking place on Jan. 19, the 170 million Americans panicked.

One solution to this problem was Rednote.

In the days prior to the TikTok ban, over 50 million people joined Rednote to replace what they would lose.

Rednote is a Chinese app that functions in the exact same way TikTok does.

The only difference is that the majority of users on the app don’t speak English.

When the app moderators heard that millions of new users who don’t speak Mandarin would be soon logging into their app, they were hard at work, translating everything they could.

Soon enough, the app was compatible enough with English-speaking users to be able to have a similar experience to TikTok.

However, rules were put into place in order to stay respectful to the users who had the app beforehand.

These rules consisted of the following: users must not speak badly of China or the Chinese government; all English videos must have subtitles in Mandarin to allow for easy understanding; and most importantly, the Americans joining Rednote must be respectful.

Even with some of the controversy behind these regulations, Americans were in pursuit of an instant replacement.

Because of this, within a couple of days, millions of TikTok users were hard at work to learn Mandarin.

After just 15 hours of TikTok getting banned, it was back up-and-running.

What did this mean for the new Rednote users?

Most of them moved back to TikTok.

While the future isn’t certain for Tiktok, as of now, Rednote was just a temporary fix for a temporary problem.