Chinese people on REDNote have discovered that Americans will sell plasma to get by and they're abhorred. They keep bringing up the book Chronicle of a Blood Merchant, because to them, selling your blood is reminiscent of extreme poverty and famine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicle_of_a_Blood_Merchant
Chinese people on REDNote have discovered that Americans will sell plasma to get by and they're abhorred. They keep bringing up the book Chronicle of a Blood Merchant, because to them, selling your blood is reminiscent of extreme poverty and famine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicle_of_a_Blood_Merchant
What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm. These entities are reportedly operating nine Telegram channels with more than five million subscribers to whom they were making recommendations on selected listed scrips. Such recommendations induced the investors to deal in the said scrips, thereby creating artificial volume and price rise. The gold standard of encryption, known as end-to-end encryption, where only the sender and person who receives the message are able to see it, is available on Telegram only when the Secret Chat function is enabled. Voice and video calls are also completely encrypted. Continuing its crackdown against entities allegedly involved in a front-running scam using messaging app Telegram, Sebi on Thursday carried out search and seizure operations at the premises of eight entities in multiple locations across the country. READ MORE
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