Technically, Weibo is nothing that the Chinese version of Twitter. The difference is that the U.S. microblogging site is a free tool, while Weibo is controlled by the Chinese authorities. Instead of simply prohibiting the tool, they chose to Sinicize to better control it, just like the Internet. Result: Weibo supplant Twitter in China.
End 2010, there were over 100 million Chinese microbloggers. 2010 was named the year I Weibo!
End 2010, there were over 100 million Chinese microbloggers. 2010 was named the year I Weibo!
- Tom Cruise joins China's Twitter, Sina Weibo (25/02/2011)
- A Twitter to Invest In (23/02/2011)
- Sina Slides; Analyst Fears China Crackdown On Weibo (22/02/2011)
- The Twitter War in China (23/02/2011)
- SINA Faces a Stricter Social Network (26/02/2011)
Sina Weibo (homepage)  Sina Weibo (wikipedia)  
No comments:
Post a Comment