Sina Weibo Is Not So Different From SNS [INFOGRAPHIC] For the past weeks, I have been obsessed with the idea that Sina Weibo, formerly the “Chinese Twitter,” is evolving into a full-fledged SNS.
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Still, many question me as to how a microblog can possibly support the same functionality as a social network like Facebook or Renren. To shed more light on how Sina Weibo is becoming a SNS by functionality, I’ve made a simple infographic comparing Renren, currently China’s largest real-name SNS, and Sina Weibo. Research on Twitter and Microblogging. Whitepaper: Microblogging in China 2011. Inside Sina Weibo.