Profile Pics on Twitter and Chinese Micro-blog Zuosa


By Tait - Posted on 29 January 2010

On the right are 50 user profile pics that I random downloaded from Twitter and on the left are 50 random user profile pics from Zuosa. Zuosa is a Chinese-language micro-blogging website like Twitter.

100 user profile pics from Twitter and Chinese Micro-blog Zuosa (a Twitter clone) 

 

Can you see any differences in online culture between Chinese and English users from this pic alone?

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Tait Lawton is an online marketer focused on the Chinese market. He is the founder of Nanjing Marketing Group, a company that provides Chinese-language Internet marketing services to Western clients. Tait has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Alberta.
 
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I can see, the Chinese dont like use their really pics a lot, they like cartoon or pets`s photos instead.
Interesting, i never notice that before.

The reason is that most Chinese people have an sense to protect them private info online
I would like to be anonymous.

That's right. People in China are care of their privacy. They believe that showing their pics on web is much unsafe. By the way, my english is too much poor.

Your English is definately understandable, something I can't assume with my Google translation. I've heard about staying discreet in China, and your observation regarding the icons is exceptionally pertinent to proving that point. Fascinating.
Vladimir

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