China’s biggest blog host Sina has recently upgraded its blogging system. A bug in the new system has caused some revealing and laughable accidents: The real identities of some of the fans who post sugary comments anonymously on some entertainment celebrities’ blogs were revealed, and turned out to be the celebrities themselves.
Self-promotion and egos aside, it seems curious that these celebrities would waste their precious time engaging in this kind of childish behavior.
Jin Sha, a singer, actress and one of the self-commenting bloggers, wrote on her blog about her feeling after what she did was exposed.
It was when I opened my blog and few people knew about it, so I just entertained myself a little bit with those anonymous posts. I didn’t expect that when it was upgraded, anonymous comment became “posted by hosts”. So embarrassing.
The image above is a screen grab of Jin’s own ‘fan’ comments:
– You are so cute behaving like a little boy.
– I love you!! My whole class love you!
– Jin Sha sister you are my favorite star, all boys @%^$&*
The image to the right is a screen grab from the blog of Zhou Jie, an actor most famous for starring as Er Kang, a charming Qing dynasty prince in the 1998 TV drama Huanzhu Princess.
– I have read your book. Great book. Support for you. Wish you well.
– I forgot, I am the first one today.
– I know you are working on Fengshenbang (a Chinese TV series) I hope everything goes well. Want to watch your new work.
– This blog reminds me of the days when you were starring in Huanzhu Princess
—All said by Zhou Jie to himself.
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