“D
ing-ding-dong,” sound the alerts from various Wexin (WeChat
– Chinese online social networking forum) subscriptions or
friends you follow. The incessant buzzing does not cease from 7am,
as you roll out of bed to the alarm clock, the alluring smell of warm
breakfast, and a full reserve of energy for the new day ahead. If you are
like many socially-hyperactive people, your phone is with you like your
shadow – while brushing your teeth, drinking coffee, waiting for red
lights, or taking the subway, and you are equally glued to it scrolling and
speed-reading the endless stream of WeChat messages and posts. It’s
safe to say that many people are first drawn to WeChat by its novelty, or
friends’ requests, and then cannot stop from compulsively checking for
updates. The novelty wears off soon enough, and the insipidness of the
messages and posts begins to gnaw at you, and eventually users go cold
turkey – they either turn off WeChat alerts or remove the application
altogether. So, in today’s digital boiling pot spilling over with social
media options that one could not possibly run out of, why should you
take a spoonful of what Keystone Academy’s WeChat has to offer?
www.keystoneacademy.cn
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