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Re:What's not allowed on China's version of Twitter by joshuacc on Saturday March 10, 2012 @05:38PM (#3688916)
Because for most Americans, the names of the services are meaningless. The comparisons convey more information about the story's context.

And a generic term like "microblogs," while somewhat better, doesn't capture information about the relative importance of the service.

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Re:What's not allowed on China's version of Twitter by moreorless on Sunday March 11, 2012 @01:21PM (#3690696)
Mark Zuckerberg's version of MySpace. :)
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