China's young Internet users are using moderate and humorous
ways to express their opinions on changes in society, research by
MSN China revealed on Tuesday.
The company revealed the top 10 MSN autograph statements among
over 15 million MSN Messenger users in China. People often use the
autograph on the popular online chatting tool to share feelings and
opinions with their friends, according to survey covering 270,000
people.
"It is an era of Web2.0 and people want to individualize and
express themselves through the autograph," MSN China said.
About 85 percent of white-collar people regularly change their
MSN autograph and 20 percent of users change it every day,
according to MSN.
The top autograph, based on Chinese legendary story "Journey to
the West," described the surging price of pork, which tripled last
year.
The second-ranked autograph says: "I asked a friend working in
Shenzhen for more than 20 years what he wants to write down on the
epitaph. The person answers 'I solve the house problem'."
In some big cities such as Beijing and Shenzhen, he said, the
housing price rose more than 10 percent in 2007.
Another autograph says: "Even Zhuge Liang (the famous talented
commander) has no military experience before he leads the army. Why
I have to own work experience (during the first job
interview)?"
Other topics on the list covered the views on honesty, love and
passion in modern society, such as "Mom told me not to miss two
things in the life - the last bus home and a person who loves you"
and "Don't be afraid of the shadow in front of you because that
means the sunshine's behind you."
Lydia Su, a MSN user for eight years, often changed names on the
topics of her unborn baby and her entertainment experience. Now her
autograph is "32 weeks (of the baby)."
"I want to express if the stock surges, I go to shop for baby or
buy a new computer game. Everything I want to share with friends,"
Su said.
(Shanghai Daily January 10, 2008)