Weibo Scope Search checks Sina Weibo‘s timeline at 9 AM, 3 PM, 9 PM, and 3 AM.If the message was deleted by the censor at 10 AM, it would show up on Weibo Scope Search‘s “deleted time” as 3 PM.

Some computer scientists in academia have tried to make sense of censorship in Sina Weibo by analyzing the data.I’m not too sure why that is except that maybe censors want to take time off on weekends as well.If you want to maximize the length of time your message will remain on Sina Weibo, probably the best time is to post the message after 11 PM Friday night.Out of curiosity, I pulled up three messages that took over four months to delete to see what they said: “On World Blind Day, paraplegic writer Zhang Haidi told Wen Zhengbin in a private letter that she did her utmost to help Chen Guangcheng.At the time, Chen Guangcheng’s wife Yuan Weijing and I asked her for help, but she didn’t even call us or ask us how we were doing. Today, Chen Guangcheng’s situation is even worse while there is greater openess for debate. ”“Hong Kong actor Stephen Chow said he supports Henry Tang’s bid to be the next Chief Executive of Hong Kong.