Meme War Between Turkish and Chinese Users on X Platform
The dispute between Turkish and Chinese users on the X platform, which started with a small image, turned into a large-scale digital conflict as historical and cultural issues became involved. Journalist Melissa Chen documented this process with a 12-post thread.
Banter between Turkish and Chinese users on the X platform, which began over a cat image and a cartoon character, quickly escalated into an international meme war. Journalist and activist Melissa Chen detailed this process, which she called the 'Great Turkish-Chinese Meme War', in a 12-post tweet thread.
The discussions, which started in October, expanded to cover numerous topics such as statements regarding the Turkish flag, historical claims, genetic data, and the East Turkistan issue. With Arab and Western users also joining the process, the debate was carried to a different dimension on digital platforms.
The parties created imaginary alliance charts and graphs using the Grok artificial intelligence tool. The posts compiled by Melissa Chen reveal step by step how this interactive conflict on social media developed and which topics came to the forefront.
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- onedio.com · Link