Youth share experiences on WeChat 鈥榤oments鈥
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It is increasingly popular for Chinese youth to share their experiences on social media, such as the 鈥渕oments鈥 platform on popular instant messaging service WeChat.
鈥淚 have been reading 鈥楯ane Eyre鈥 for 40 days with 48,000 words finished,鈥 Li Anqi said.
Li has been sharing her reading experience on WeChat moments every day since January.
Working in Yinchuan, capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Li is eager to learn English, but cannot bare the daily grind of formal lessons.
鈥淚 found many of my WeChat friends have been reading books or learning English on mobile reading apps, and I do not want to fall behind,鈥 Li said.
In January, she spent over 100 yuan (US$15.84) purchasing an online reading class at the Bohe Reading app, which tells customers they can 鈥淔inish reading your first English book here.鈥
At the reading class, teachers assign reading homework and give instructions to 430 class members every day.
The app counts how long users have spent reading and turns it into a social competition. The users complete on a daily leaderboard that covers all the group members, who can share their rankings on WeChat moments.
This is called 鈥済roup reading鈥 by Chinese Internet users, who think it can create a competitive environment to help members cultivate a reading habit.
鈥淣ow 10 minutes of reading before sleep every day has become my habit,鈥 Li said. 鈥淚 am reading a second book. The habit brings me a strong feeling of satisfaction.鈥
According to a survey result released by the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication, in 2016 about 66 percent of Chinese adults used mobile phones for reading, a rate that had grown for eight straight years.
Besides sharing their reading habits, more Chinese are also sharing their dieting and bodybuilding experiences on social media.
Last year, 34-year-old Zhang Dongxin joined a lifestyle management group on WeChat in an effort to cure her polycystic ovary syndrome.
鈥淔ood and exercises are helpful to alleviate my disease syndrome, but it is hard to keep up with dieting and exercise without supervision,鈥 Zhang said.
In the group, Zhang shares her food and exercise lists with the members daily. After three months, Zhang said her physical indicators had improved.
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