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I throughly enjoy this app. It’s the best place for Chinese celebrity news. App is in Chinese, which is a given since it’s a social media app based in China, centered around Chinese entertainment and marketing, so be prepared to use a translator app (I use Google Translate) or have an understanding of the written and spoken Chinese. Yes I generalize, because Mandarin is not the only Chinese language spoken, but Google Translate does a decent job. I know people have mentioned bugs, but this app updates, frequently, like almost once a week. I have only experienced one bugs after an update, and it was fixed after a month, so knock on wood. I also do not pay for the app and only use the free version. There is a section in your profile that allows you to become a premium member for a small monthly fee. I would rather not risk having an issue and having to deal with Weibo’s customer service. I have bo clue if they have any fluent English speakers available to talk to 🤷‍♀️

I’ve been using this app for about 3 years or so, though it has an “English” language settings, it’s just parcial and a lot of of the settings and options are still not translated. It used to be very simple to update your profile picture and today i have spent over 45 minutes looking around for the option. The platform has been made now to hinder your output to the public more than ever. This app is available on the american market and it should be updated with proper english and spanish translations for all settings and options, not just partially

Ever since a big update several months ago, the videos on the front page can’t be viewed properly in landscape mode. A huge portion the picture would be cut off on the top and bottom, so only the middle section of the whole picture shows. Even when the videos are viewed in portrait mode, edges of the picture are cut off slightly, which doesn’t really affect the whole picture, unless there are words at the edges. The videos will be shown in full screen automatically and cannot, I repeat, CANNOT be resized, regardless of which mode viewed. Some images and gif will be oversized as well when clicked on, and requires to be resized, but some images cannot be resized and would require the viewing device (in my case, iPad mini 2) to be switched to the upright portrait mode. The videos in SinaNews that shows up in “messages” can never be played out ever since who knows when. Oh, another thing, automatic video playback cannot be turned off when viewing videos in series, once one video finishes, the app will scroll down and play the next (sometimes I like to watch the same video more than once, I would be happier without having to keep scrolling up to play it over!) Other than those annoying problems aforementioned, the app is fun for entertainment and socialization.