Need to vent your feelings? Go to Weibo, not WeChat
Social media users in China bypass WeChat and go to Weibo for personal gripes
You may use Facebook and Twitter for different things, and in the same way people in China say they have different personalities on the country’s two dominant social networks: WeChat and Weibo.
One of the memes puts it this way: “Posting on WeChat Moments: ‘Another energetic day!’ And posting on Weibo: ‘Why am I not dead yet?’”
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“To me, WeChat Moments is like a school presentation board, which is meant to showcase and impress,” says Sizhu Wu, a young professional in Shanghai, who says she tends to share more of her feelings on Weibo.
Beijing-based Nanxi Zhang agrees. “You’re more free to vent your feelings on Weibo because your connections (on Weibo) are mostly close friends of your age,” she says, “You can’t act like a child on WeChat Moments because it’s full of work people -- and you will regret it.”
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