Twitter vs. Weibo: 8 Things Twitter Can Learn From The Latter. Sina Weibo is not a joke. It’s the hottest microblogging service in China now. It consumes 90% market shares of China’s microblogging services, with more than 140 million users in less than 2 years, while Twitter gained 200 million users in less than 5 years. It’s new, it’s hot, and it’s becoming bigger and stronger. I was a dedicated user of Twitter for around 2 years, but I decided to convert to Sina Weibo recently. I’m ultimately satisfied with the Sina Weibo, and in this post I’m going to list out 8 particular things that Twitter can really learn from Sina Weibo, which also serve as possible reasons that why Sina Weibo can gain 140 million users in just less than 2 years of its realms, beating all other China microblogging services. Note: Wanting to explore Sina Weibo but don’t know anything about Chinese language? 1. What’s the deal of the threaded comments? 2. Surprisingly, the rich media offers far more than what you can imagine. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Conclusion. Weibo: Basic Navigation | Reflections. So here’s part 2 of the tutorial and it would be about navigating inside your own homepage – as I said in the other post. Remember this log-in box? Just log in and then we’ll continue from where I left off last time. So after you log-in, the page re-direct to this page above. That’s the snapshot of what I had at that time. So I will use those as guide to explain things. This is your own homepage so you would be able to manipulate quite a few areas so you could share with others about your thoughts or other randomness, and also read what others have to say.
I use this account to stalk celebs for most of the time so I don’t post that often but forward more things. Anyway, moving on to navigation, right? 我的首页 is My Home, clicking on it would refresh your homepage; and shows new messages from users you are fans of. 我的微博 is My Weibo, clicking on it would lead to your profile page. 好友 is Friends, clicking on it would show your list of friends (or the ones you follow). The tabs are: 经典 = Classic. Mselaine. Weibo for b2 b business. Digtial engagement sina-weibo_by liblog@edelman [compatibility mode] Inside Sina Weibo | DigiCha. Posted by bbishop on February 21st, 2011 I have put together a simple presentation about Sina Weibo, as despite the huge run in Sina’s (NASDAQ:SINA) stock due to Weibo most non-Chinese have limited knowledge of the product itself.
The document does not address censorship (See China’s Internet: The Invisible Birdcage for a longer discussion of Internet controls). We all know it is there, and Sunday we got a real time look at some of the layers of control, but this powerpoint focuses on the commercial and product aspects of Weibo. It is not fair to call Sina Weibo a Twitter clone or knockoff. It is a better designed and more stable product, and Sina’s product roadmap appears to have it heading towards a robust SNS, almost like Facebook. I hope Twitter has people dissecting Weibo, as they could learn a lot. Feel free to send me comments/edits/additions. For more frequent China-related updates you can follow me on Weibo @billbishop and on Twitter @niubi. <a href=" 5 Chinese Social Networks You Need to Watch. Yin Mei is an international consultant in Beijing at The Hoffman Agency, a multinational communications firm based in California.
Follow her @meithoughts. Connections mean “power” in China. This is why social networks have become part of the relationship-building fabric of Chinese society. The numbers certainly bear this out. Roughly half of China’s 513 million netizens are using social networking sites, and all of these social networks are home grown. While it’s true that the government makes it virtually impossible for foreign players to enter the social network market in China, some consumers use VPN services, which provide access to sites like Facebook.
But even if China allowed outside players, Chinese companies have the natural advantage of understanding the nuance of the Chinese consumer. 1. Simply describing Sina Weibo as the Twitter of China understates Weibo's unique capabilities and leadership role in the Chinese social media sphere. 2. Think of Renren as China's Facebook. 3. Michael Anti: Behind the Great Firewall of China.