<s>
Tencent	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
Chinese	O
microblogging	B-Application
(	O
weibo	B-Application
)	O
website	O
launched	O
by	O
Tencent	O
in	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
September	O
28th	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
broadcast	O
a	O
message	O
including	O
140	O
Chinese	O
characters	O
at	O
most	O
through	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
SMS	B-Device
or	O
smartphone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tencent	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
social	O
network	O
that	O
connected	O
all	O
users	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reposting	O
function	O
of	O
Tencent	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
was	O
similar	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
's	O
"	O
retweeting	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
replied	O
in	O
@	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
comparison	O
,	O
Tencent	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
encourages	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
topics	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
QQ	B-Operating_System
,	O
Tencent	O
did	O
n't	O
intend	O
to	O
launch	O
Tencent	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
at	O
a	O
strategic	O
level	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
a	O
marketing	O
tactic	O
to	O
curb	O
competitors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Chinese	O
celebrities	O
were	O
Tencent	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
users	O
,	O
including	O
,	O
Ma	O
Huateng	O
,	O
Zhou	O
Hongyi	O
,	O
Liu	O
Xiang	O
and	O
Jet	O
Li	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
only	O
QQ	B-Operating_System
users	O
could	O
register	O
Tencent	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
account	O
corresponding	O
to	O
their	O
own	O
QQ	B-Operating_System
number	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weibo	B-Application
accounts	O
were	O
not	O
automatically	O
registered	O
for	O
QQ	B-Operating_System
users	O
,	O
they	O
needed	O
to	O
log	O
into	O
their	O
Tencent	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
page	O
for	O
registration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Email	O
address	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
registration	O
(	O
formerly	O
only	O
QQ	B-Operating_System
email	O
address	O
were	O
supported	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
QQ	B-Operating_System
client	O
(	O
Windows	O
Simplified	O
Chinese	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
QQ2010	O
Beta	O
3	O
or	O
later	O
version	O
)	O
,	O
QQ	B-Operating_System
Pinyin	O
input	O
method	O
,	O
computer	O
,	O
smartphone	O
(	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
Android	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
S60	B-Language
,	O
and	O
KJava	B-Language
)	O
,	O
SMS	B-Device
and	O
MMS	O
,	O
users	O
could	O
broadcast	O
microblogging	B-Application
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
photos	O
could	O
be	O
inserted	O
in	O
all	O
form	O
,	O
except	O
SMS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
users	O
could	O
add	O
videos	O
(	O
Tencent	O
Video	O
)	O
and	O
songs	O
(	O
QQ	B-Operating_System
Music	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+Terms	O
in	O
Tencent	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
those	O
in	O
Twitter	B-Application
TencentWeibo	O
Chinese	O
立即收听	O
收听	O
听众	O
广播	O
n条广播	O
转播	O
对话	O
名单	O
Translation	O
Listen	O
Listening	O
Audience	O
/	O
Listeners	O
Broadcast	O
n	O
broadcast	O
Rebroadcast	O
Talk	O
List	O
English	O
ver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
Tencent	O
launched	O
a	O
microblogging-like	O
website	O
Taotao.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
March	O
,	O
Qoocu.com	O
(	O
a	O
blog	O
focusing	O
on	O
products	O
of	O
Tencent	O
)	O
released	O
some	O
screenshots	O
of	O
the	O
internal	O
beta	O
test	O
of	O
Tencent	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
,	O
Tencent	O
released	O
its	O
QQ2010	O
version	O
Beta3	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
microblogging	B-Application
feature	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
23	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Tencent	O
Inc	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
will	O
integrate	O
its	O
micro-blogging	B-Application
service	O
's	O
operation	O
team	O
into	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
news	O
team	O
,	O
after	O
media	O
reported	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
dismissed	O
its	O
micro-blogging	B-Application
department	O
and	O
will	O
stop	O
upgrading	O
its	O
micro-blogging	B-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Tencent	O
shut	O
down	O
their	O
Weibo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tencent	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
acted	O
as	O
an	O
'	O
open	O
 '	O
platform	O
for	O
developers	O
and	O
users	O
to	O
communicate	O
and	O
share	O
data	O
widely	O
.	O
</s>
