"They were super welcoming, and it was a really fun time," Plotnick said.
RedNote's moment in the sun won't likely repeat. The app is no longer a priority now that TikTok has resumed normal operations, creators and brands said.
"I don't foresee buzz around alternative apps like RedNote," Later CEO Scott Sutton said. "Those were a blip and lacked the staying power of other platforms."
It's unclear whether lawmakers who are concerned about the Chinese Communist Party or TikTok-competitors like Meta or Google would take to the courts to enforce the national security law, said Neil Chilson, a former chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission who now heads AI policy at Abundance Institute non-profit. Taking that kind of legal action carries the risk of upsetting TikTok's giant user base and Trump, Chilson said.