Growing number of social media users find using Korean American actor Ma Dong-seok’s image as avatar gets better response
Chinese social media users are turning to a Korean American action star for help in their daily lives, with a growing trend of swapping out their online avatar for Ma Dong-seok’s photo to get better responses from landlords and customer service agents.
People said using images of 52-year-old Ma, which appear to be mostly taken from his Instagram account, helped them solve tedious disputes and life administration tasks. The trend appears to have begun on Xiaohongshu, a recommendation app, where a user said her property manager was ignoring her requests until she changed her avatar from a picture of actor Liu Yifei to one of Ma. “I just sent two sentences and the property management solved the problem for me in minutes haha,”The trend then spread to Weibo and WeChat, two of China’s most ubiquitous social media platforms.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Labor MPs join growing calls to increase the doleFour federal Labor MPs have broken ranks to join calls for the government to increase JobSeeker payments by $24 billion. The government may shift a little.
Read more »
Victoria’s duck hunting season begins amid growing oppositionVictoria's duck hunting season has opened this morning amid ongoing calls for an end to the practice. Members of the Select Committee on Recreational Native Bird Hunting in Victoria will visit the reserve south of Geelong to assess the environmental, social and economic impacts of duck hunting. With increasing calls to end the practice, particularly from an Animal Justice Party member on the committee, the chair, Ryan Batchelor, emphasises the importance of witnessing the hunting season firsthand to inform their public hearings.
Read more »
Gas intervention means higher prices, South Korean business lobby saysThe country was Australia’s third-biggest overall export market last year, buying $8.1 billion of natural gas.
Read more »
American woman caught with 24-carat gold-plated gun in luggage at Sydney AirportAustralian Border Force agents have arrested and charged an American woman for allegedly smuggling a golden gun into Sydney.
Read more »
'Let's be honest': Labor told to speak plainly on Chinese foreign interferenceAfter taking over the shadow home affairs portfolio, James Paterson is demanding his counterpart speak frankly on Chinese foreign interference.
Read more »