Comments on: China Blocks Foursquare; Too Many People Checking Into Tian’anmen

By: What is Social Media? | SocialSower.com - Social Media Management

What is Social Media? | SocialSower.com - Social Media Management — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:45:22 +0000

[...] which was founded in 2009, now has over 2 million users and is gaining in popularity. In fact, China recently blocked FourSquare access in their country due to too many people checking [...]

By: Foursquare in China gesperrt

Foursquare in China gesperrt — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:22:00 +0000

[...] Mehr Informationen findet Ihr hier auf dem techblog86 [...]

By: China bloquea Foursquare después que los usuarios chequean Tiananmen Square

China bloquea Foursquare después que los usuarios chequean Tiananmen Square — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:33:07 +0000

[...] un poco más creativos, comprobando en la Plaza de Tiananmen con Foursquare y dejando, como Techblog86 lo llama, “comentarios sensibles” en lugar de consejos. Lo que es interesante es que [...]

By: Foursquare banned in China

Foursquare banned in China — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:57:30 +0000

[...] Techblog86, a China-based site first broke the news of people checking in to “Tiananmen Square” and were leaving “sensitive comments” on the page for others to see. Those comments were shared with friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter. China, objecting to such comments, decided to block the service in an attempt to quell the protest In place of student demonstrators and their banners, we have people basically filing into foursquare and leaving “sensitive comments” as “tips”. Those checking in included folks outside Beijing; @isaac (Isaac Mao), @rejon (Jon Philips) and the rest just flocked to the square, even if they were based elsewhere. (You can do this, by the way, by going to the Foursquare mobile site or even the main site and change your location — although if you’re not actually there, that could be seen as cheating…) [...]

By: jC

jC — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:48:13 +0000

Foursquare is blocked here in Shanghai too. Have you noticed though that google.cn ’s mobile site is still up and running on the mainland? It still works fine for me here on an ipod touch. No redirect to HK. Weird. Maybe they forgot about that one…

By: China Blocks Foursquare over Tiananmen Square massacre | webcovery.com

China Blocks Foursquare over Tiananmen Square massacre | webcovery.com — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:00:20 +0000

[...] to Chinese tech blog, Techblog86, there has been huge increase in number of people checking out Tiananmen Square massacre on [...]

By: DavidFeng

DavidFeng — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:14:16 +0000

@Chase: Thankfully, the more 2.0 of us, especially those doing 2.0 on sites outside China (say Twitter), are amongst some of the “most in the know”. We know all too often that we’re being inundated with anything BUT the truth and we’ve the tools to get to the real scoop on our own.
Yesterday, as soon as my screen started cropping up with Tian’anmen checkins by the freightload, I went, “oh shat, foursquare is gonna get blocked today”… and before I tweeted it, boom, there it went. Quite literally.

By: DavidFeng

DavidFeng — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:04:40 +0000

@Ritu: Let’s hope it gets back soon… although honestly, if it’s blocked for good (a la Twitter), I am seriously going to be un-surprised…

By: Chase Brumfield

Chase Brumfield — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:59:14 +0000

I think checking into the square is a beautiful example of using social networking to memorialize a tragic event and remember those most effected.

It’s a tragedy that the Chinese government jails the free exchange of information like they do. Using the control of information as a source of power they’re only crippling the creativity and resourcefulness of their own citizens. I don’t see how they can continue the advances their experiencing while at the same time limiting their citizens ability to express themselves.

Give. Get. Give.
-Chase Brumfield

By: Ritu Sharma

Ritu Sharma — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:24:58 +0000

Why china is doing all, there are many users who want to meet online friends, share pictures and ideas…
May be in coming days, it would be solved