Weibo Wishlist: Who Would You Want To See Sign Up?

International celebrities are signing up to Sina Weibo on a daily basis but not nearly fast enough to satisfy our social media voyeurism. This got us thinking about who we’d enjoy seeing on Weibo. We at the Beijinger had a little discussion on this very topic (which it’s fair to say that could have gone on much longer). Here’s our list of five Weibo accounts that we want to see in the near future. Read on to find out whose China-inflected gaffes we’re waiting for.

Drumroll, please …

Ghostface Killah
The Wu Tang’s Iron Man has been more prolific on Twitter than his nine-album solo career would suggest. He’s dropped the street knowledge on such topics as the dangers of milk, how to dress, cleanliness and dental hygiene or trying to get an intern. Weibo users could do with that.

Sample quote:
“Don’t wash your nuts and then wash your face. You feel me! You goin’ backwards.”

Joey Barton
The footballer’s career has been incident-packed (and we’re not even talking about his jail term for assault), but that pales in comparison with his Twitter activity. He tweets against type – starting socially responsible discourse on Hillsborough and the London Riots, citing the lyrics of shoegazer-worshipped The Smiths and quoting Orwell – and earning GQ’s approval for his use of "echelons" and "persona non grata" in the same 140 characters.

Sample quote:
“Violence always comes from a place of misunderstanding and low to zero self-worth, well mine did anyway”

Charlie Sheen
It’s all gone quiet on the Charlie Sheen front since the self-proclaimed winner had his public meltdown. That means we’ve missed out on him threatening to shave his ex-wife’s head or talking about warlock watches and Pong! Maybe Weibo could restart his acting career and get Major League 3 off the ground.

Sample quote:
Defeat is not an option.

Fox News
You may have noticed that the Internet is populated by a certain type of crank. A trip to any online forum will confirm this. Weibo users should not have to miss out on exposure to Fox’s brand of right-wing, freemarket, gun-toting lunacy – even when it's not been hacked. China’s netizens surely wouldn’t be slow to react.

Sample quote:
"@BarackObama has just passed. The president is dead. A sad 4th of July, indeed. President Barack Obama is dead"

(Yes, we know that this was blamed on hackers)

Nicki Minaj
Beyonce would just bang on about being pregnant, Kim Kardashian the same for being married while Lady Gaga would continue to pretend to be weird and Courtney Love would just be weird. Not Nicki Minaj. She would be a breath of fresh, pink, plastic air. Plus she might inspire some fantastic outfits in her new Chinese fans. Even if we don’t understand half of what she types, she can carry on inspiring girls and flirting with Rihanna on Weibo a la twitter.

Sample quote:
"@rihanna lol. If we're gonna liv 2gthr and hook up u gotta learn how 2 spell my name! Lmaooooooo ---- Gossip Gossip ni#@a just stop it! :p"

Who would you want to see on Weibo? Drop us a comment.

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