DeepSeek's whale girl mascot beats Kimi's faceless community, says analyst
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-15
Studying Kimi's community reveals a "faceless" product — cover the name and you can't tell it apart, with low user identity and emotional resonance. By contrast, the DeepSeek community thrives on lively bickering and whale-girl fan art. teortaxesTex argues a mascot is a MUST and calls Kimi "too Apple."
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