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"Chinese clone" makes a catchy headline but is pretty far from an accurate characterization.

• tribaal 10y ago
  As someone who is ignorant of said "clone", I feel compelled to ask: What would be an accurate characterization? I'm genuinely curious.
  • inimino 10y ago
    "Microblogging platform" is pretty accurate. Calling it a clone is kind of like calling Bing a Google clone. Yes, they are both search engines, but no.
• josefresco 10y ago
  A quick Google Image search of Weibo shows mixed results: http://technode.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/anatomy-new-sina-weibo-mainpage.jpg http://technode.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/anatomy-new-s... - lots of "inspired by Twitter" features there. Also, most of the articles I found about it referred to it (lovingly or positively) as a Twitter clone.
• dawson 10y ago
  When Sina launched Weibo in 2009 it was very much a 'clone', however, I agree not so much now.
• wodenokoto 10y ago
  Weibo is Chinese for microblogging, and Sina and Tencent weibo started off as twitter clones, but today they come with everything but the kitchen sink.