2013年3月4日星期一

OH, WeChat


WeChat is an instant text and voice communication mobile app developed by Tencent in China. WeChat become a phenomenal trend for the smartphone users almost as soon as it was issued since the company Tencent developed the most popular chatting platform, QQ, in China. WeChat became an extension of QQ and acquired almost half of the 700 million QQ users.

WeChat provides multimedia communication flexibility and convenience with text messaging, hold-to-talk voice messaging, broadcast (one-to-many) messaging, photo/video sharing, location sharing, and contact information exchange. WeChat also supports social networking via shared streaming content feeds and location-based social plug-ins ('Shake', 'Look Around', and 'Drift Bottle'). (Wikipedia)

WeChat almost contains all the features that all current U.S social media combined:

You can post pictures and public your status in your "Cycle" with WeChat. When you post a picture, you can use an artistic filter and built-in editing tool to beautify your photo. There are several new features that none of the U.S social media have. For example, the function "look around" helps the user locate all the contact near his/her current location. The function "Shake" and "Drift Bottle" can help new users to find new friends around and communicate without the requirement of "adding friends". To avoid disturbing and spamming, the users are provided with the alternatives to turn on and shut down certain functions at anytime.

Personally, I think WeChat will stay in China since 90% of its users are former QQ users and it will not affect the status of any platform like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. However, there are many things that deserves to be learned and borrowed from WeChat to perfect current U.S. social media.


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