Micro blogs find their time is now
1. "Unity is strength." Retweeted 2,878 times, with 565 comments, within an hour of the train crash. 2. A netizen's photo of blood donors in Wenzhou. 3. "Looking for 4-year-old boy Jin Doudou . . .There isn't any clue about him. . . . Please forward this message and help to find him!" This plea came from an uncle. Doudou and his parents were found dead, the boy held tightly in dad's arms. 4."Tsunami drown many houses in Miyagiken, Japan. . . . Fires hit some areas." posted on March 11. 5. "A soldier of Japan Self-Defense Forces saves a 4-month-old baby girl" was forwarded 191 times. 6. "I got the 20th birthday gift in advance." The start of one of the posts by "Guo Meimei Baby" that purported a link to the Red Cross Society of China and set off a micro blog firestorm. Screen Captures from Sina Weibo |
Instant delivery provides cutting edge for weibo, Yu Ran reports in Shanghai.