Everybody knows Twitter. So do you. So do the Chinese. So far, I have already see dozens of Twitter clones. Microblogging, or 叨客 as it is called in Chinese, is obviously in vogue now. Some of them merely copy Twitter’s functionality while others also copy the website’s look and feel – at least the old one that is.
Since Twitter stopped its SMS service August this year, I found myself using its service less and less. I’ve been looking more and more at alternatives. Increasingly, I have also been looking east.
Personally, I quite like jiwai.de. In terms of look and functionality it resembles Jaiku more than it does Twitter. Since I’m also quite a fan of Jaiku, I might actually use it more regularly.
While doing my research on this, I found this very interesting post which gives you a short overview over the top 5 most popular Twitter-like clones in China. Check it out!