What does eating melon mean in WeChat?

Wechat's new expression eats melons, which means to describe people who are looking at things.

People who eat melons originated from a street news. Later, a reporter went to interview an old man. The old man said, "I don't know anything. I am eating watermelon. " Later, someone commented in the news commentary: "I am just a melon eater who doesn't know the truth."

Later, in the online forum, someone posted a post to discuss the problem, and often a bunch of people lined up to follow the post, or expressed their opinions or rambled. 20 16 Some people refer to ordinary netizens who "don't talk, just watch" as "people who eat melons", which is used to express a state of not caring about themselves, just watching and not expressing their opinions.

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"People who don't know the truth" is a network term. From the perspective of market positioning and target group selection, successful Internet products have grasped the demand of "grassroots people", which is an out-and-out long tail market. One of the special terms for forum reply: it means that you don't understand things and "watch" discussions, speeches and various voices. This is also the mentality of most netizens today.

Generally, I live online, such as forums and communities. I like to participate in various online activities, but I don't understand why, so I have to say that I am an ordinary onlookers. This word is often used in expression packs, pretending to be innocent and teasing.