On October 31, Weibo, as well as several other major Chinese social media platforms including WeChat, Douyin, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, and Kuaishou, announced that they now required popular users’ legal names to be made visible to the public. Weibo stated in a public post that the new rule would first apply to all users with over 1 million followers, then to those with over 500,000.

  • @[email protected]
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    10 months ago

    You would have to be crazy to use your own identity in chinese social media. One careless word and you might disappear. Not that you are really safe there even under nickname with no other precautions. If they really want to find you they most likely can.

    • @MajesticSloth
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      210 months ago

      Just what someone pretending to be from earth would say.

      • HubertManne
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        310 months ago

        ha ha fellow earthling. Very funny. you should have feelings of shame for how your treatment of another fellow earther make the feelings of sad.

  • @lemmus
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    110 months ago

    Just following Nikki Haley’s suggestion.