Comments on: The most advanced Twittersphere in the world: China http://blog.jonahkessel.com/2010/05/22/the-most-advanced-twittersphere-in-the-world-china/ Jonah M. Kessel Visual Journalism - Photojournalism, travel photography and thoughts on today's visual media environment Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:44:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chinese Government Starts "Red Microblog" « Look Out, Knock Head! http://blog.jonahkessel.com/2010/05/22/the-most-advanced-twittersphere-in-the-world-china/comment-page-1/#comment-3333 Chinese Government Starts "Red Microblog" « Look Out, Knock Head! Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:18:59 +0000 http://blog.jonahkessel.com/?p=652#comment-3333 [...] (Image courtesy of jonahkessel.com) [...] [...] (Image courtesy of jonahkessel.com) [...]

]]> By: Jonah http://blog.jonahkessel.com/2010/05/22/the-most-advanced-twittersphere-in-the-world-china/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Jonah Sun, 23 May 2010 08:49:57 +0000 http://blog.jonahkessel.com/?p=652#comment-144 Right - and his last graph before the bullets is actually very insightful. Love the 'phone book for Chinese liberalism' bit. <blockquote>The upshot depends on where you stand: For those who hope to see Twitter connect people from across a broad spectrum of the Chinese population, that experiment is thrilling. But it is also a stark demonstration that anyone who might seek to punish people for the kinds of activism and dissent that Ai advocates can use Twitter as a phone book for the ranks of Chinese liberalism.</blockquote> Thanks for the link — just found him. Right – and his last graph before the bullets is actually very insightful. Love the ‘phone book for Chinese liberalism’ bit.

The upshot depends on where you stand: For those who hope to see Twitter connect people from across a broad spectrum of the Chinese population, that experiment is thrilling. But it is also a stark demonstration that anyone who might seek to punish people for the kinds of activism and dissent that Ai advocates can use Twitter as a phone book for the ranks of Chinese liberalism.

Thanks for the link — just found him.

]]> By: Kaiser http://blog.jonahkessel.com/2010/05/22/the-most-advanced-twittersphere-in-the-world-china/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Kaiser Sun, 23 May 2010 08:14:54 +0000 http://blog.jonahkessel.com/?p=652#comment-143 Evan's on Twitter at eosnos. He's occasionally quite active. We've had conversations about Twitter and I don't think you've said anything here that he wouldn't agree with. Remember his blog post really only discussed Twitter in the context of Chinese dissident politics. Evan’s on Twitter at eosnos. He’s occasionally quite active. We’ve had conversations about Twitter and I don’t think you’ve said anything here that he wouldn’t agree with. Remember his blog post really only discussed Twitter in the context of Chinese dissident politics.

]]> By: Perri @bethebutterfly http://blog.jonahkessel.com/2010/05/22/the-most-advanced-twittersphere-in-the-world-china/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Perri @bethebutterfly Sun, 23 May 2010 07:06:31 +0000 http://blog.jonahkessel.com/?p=652#comment-142 Brilliant, insightful & well written. Thanks for following me on Twitter so I was able to discover your blog. Keep in touch. @bethebutterfly :) Brilliant, insightful & well written. Thanks for following me on Twitter so I was able to discover your blog. Keep in touch.

@bethebutterfly :)

]]> By: Jonah http://blog.jonahkessel.com/2010/05/22/the-most-advanced-twittersphere-in-the-world-china/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Jonah Sun, 23 May 2010 04:55:22 +0000 http://blog.jonahkessel.com/?p=652#comment-140 I was a little surprised myself with some of Osnos statements - mostly because he is a good writer and certainly an intelligent person but seemed to really misunderstand Twitter (and certainly Twitter in China). I searched for him on Twitter and found nothing - so perhaps he is just out of the social media loop or possibly doesn't use his real name? However, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-Ng" rel="nofollow">in my opinion any journalist who doesn't see the value in Twitter enough to be on the service needs to re-evaluate their place in modern communications.</a> I was a little surprised myself with some of Osnos statements – mostly because he is a good writer and certainly an intelligent person but seemed to really misunderstand Twitter (and certainly Twitter in China). I searched for him on Twitter and found nothing – so perhaps he is just out of the social media loop or possibly doesn’t use his real name? However, in my opinion any journalist who doesn’t see the value in Twitter enough to be on the service needs to re-evaluate their place in modern communications.

]]> By: betsy http://blog.jonahkessel.com/2010/05/22/the-most-advanced-twittersphere-in-the-world-china/comment-page-1/#comment-139 betsy Sun, 23 May 2010 03:37:27 +0000 http://blog.jonahkessel.com/?p=652#comment-139 osnos post seems lacking in knowledge of China and Twitter. Have been in China for 3 yrs and on Twitter for 1.5 yrs and I definitely don't fit his profile-) osnos post seems lacking in knowledge of China and Twitter. Have been in China for 3 yrs and on Twitter for 1.5 yrs and I definitely don’t fit his profile-)

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