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zhenlijiang
Posted on: Sina's Microblogs
February 7, 2013 at 1:39 PMBodawei you're not coming up in the search engine--unless 柏大伟1951 in 成都 is you.
You used to need a Chinese ID to sign up? I only needed to provide an email address to sign up, last fall.
Sina Weibo comes with an English language option on the iPhone.
Posted on: The Wives of Gay Men
February 7, 2013 at 4:47 AM”I didn't exactly appreciate the term homosexual used by the hosts. The more appropriate term would be gay, which is preferred by the majority of us.“ --What part of that is claiming moral high ground?
Why the quotation marks around ‘educating'?
What does PC have to do with anything here?
Posted on: Tattoo Taboos
February 6, 2013 at 9:32 AMgai-koku-jin 外国人 is the correct Japanese word. ”gaijin“ is very commonly used and I think many foreigners here referred to that way are sick of it. It is a reminder of times when we were still unaware that people who look and sound different are human just like us and would not like being pointed and stared at in the street.
Posted on: Tasks and Hiring
February 3, 2013 at 9:42 AMHi guys,
It's obviously good to have a News and Features on the Tasks feature but for having launched it Jan 1 and with the Premium user testing only on for the month, Jan 27 is pretty late. It would have been more helpful if you guys had at least clarified again in this podcast that the testing period ends Jan 31 (and that the teacher feedback would then disappear after that, if that is what's happening).
I know you've included a blurb on the Tasks feature in every Newsletter in January in addition to the first mention I noticed in the Dec 28 issue. I don't know if all users subscribe to the Newsletter. And why not have an issue in which the Task feature + testing period is the headliner--anyway not a paragraph near the bottom? Maybe many are subscribed but don't always read through to the bottom.
Another thing that got no clarification in this podcast--(once the test period is over) teacher feedback will be provided only to those using one-on-one teacher services, privately in their Task tab--is that right? But other users such as Premium subscribers can still do the tasks of course, and share what they've done with fellow learners by posting on the lesson Discussion page for instance.
Just wanted to say that from a few comments on the boards I saw in January I feel like some one on your team needs to be put in charge of communications. Things work better that way.
See this thread:
First it isn't Rich's job to know or communicate how the Tasks testing was being conducted, I don't mean at all to point a finger at him. He's a programmer at CPod and he only went up there to try and help I assume because three days after gala22's question no one had responded. Some one CPod Team member should be clear and come up to help quickly when users have questions like that. Otherwise you might end up with a bit of a wasted opportunity.
I think it's really cool by the way, the Task feature. Having these missions to try to complete should be fun even for those of us who won't get teacher feedback. Great fun too to have it handy on the iPhone app. Good work CPod.
Oh and no users who are at all familiar with Lunar New Year will begrudge you guys a week off for the holidays of course. We understand it's a basic right you have in China. It's good you put in a reminder (warning) for those users who may be new to Chinese holidays.
So Lunar New Year 2013 is Sunday February 10.
~ Wishing All a Prosperous Year of the Snake ~
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Posted on: Chinese Catch Phrases for 2012
January 31, 2013 at 3:30 AM我在Sina Weibo上经常看到。哦 Vegas 的赌场没有钟，这个好像是一条 trivia 吧。那 trivia 看情况可以翻译成“冷知识”吧，至少比“琐事”译得好我觉得。But so 冷（不热，不火）知识 is like “Things you really don't need to know” I guess. 谢谢 Vera 老师
Posted on: Chinese Catch Phrases for 2012
January 31, 2013 at 1:35 AM我想明白的有可能不怎么流行。经常看到“冷知识”，是什么意思？
Maybe not really a current buzzword at all--what is this 冷知识 I see all the time？
Posted on: 美国校园枪击案
January 30, 2013 at 11:37 AM一个多星期不算是长时间。尽管如此，去中国玩儿看来很有效果哦
Posted on: Tasks and Hiring
January 28, 2013 at 8:51 AMBaba did you see Mark has shared an audio clip for this lesson:
http://chinesepod.com/lessons/%E7%BE%8E%E5%9B%BD%E6%A0%A1%E5%9B%AD%E6%9E%AA%E5%87%BB%E6%A1%88#comment-247735
Posted on: Difficult Cake Choices
January 26, 2013 at 1:12 PMwow 很有趣的实地考察 Baba 你们辛苦了！
Posted on: Sina's Microblogs
February 8, 2013 at 5:57 AMJust looked again. All I need to provide is an email address (or cellphone number if I don't have an email address). Like Baba observed they ask for my passport but it's not a required field. I signed up from my computer, overseas obviously, no English interface. Don't know what it's like to try to sign up from iPhone--got my phone after I already had the Weibo account.
Maybe it's one of those arbitrary things where they just change the rules whenever, for whatever reason.
Ah I just saw under the passport field “中国公民，请选择身份证验证” if I click on 身份证验证 then it treats me as a Chinese national and requires my full name and Chinese ID. Click on 我是海外用户 then I'm back where neither my full name nor passport are required.
Anyway I’d have a hard time believing all the American athletes and Japanese actors and pop stars on Sina Weibo all have Chinese IDs ...