- Xiaonei
Xiaonei (Chinese: 校内网; literally "on-campus network") is a social networking site with the look and feel of
Facebook except that it is in Simplified Chinese. It is government sanctioned, whereas the idea of millions of citizens submitting personal details directly to American Facebook is frowned upon.According to BeijingReview.com, as of November 2007, Xiaonei was "China's largest online community website among universities" with more than 8.8 million active users and an estimated 15 million users who have registered their real names. [http://www.bjreview.com.cn/exclusive/txt/2007-11/27/content_87414.htm]
Xiaonei.com is also considered to be the most powerful student
social network service in Mainland China.Comparison with Facebook
In June 2007, Facebook had 2.245% of global internet users logging onto its sites daily compared to Xiaonei's 0.084%. [http://china.usc.edu/ShowArticle.aspx?articleID=613]
History
Xiaonei was started in December 2005 by
Tsinghua University graduate Wang Xing,Wang Huiwen, Lai Binqiang and Jacky.In October 2006, Xiaonei.com was acquired by
Oak Pacific Interactive (OPI), a Chinese internet consortium that created a similar college social network called 5Q.Wang left Xiaonei in July 2007.
ources
* [http://china.usc.edu/ShowArticle.aspx?articleID=613 Xiaonei: Just Another Networking Brigade] , University of Southern California US-China Institute, 2007-07-10.
* [http://www.bjreview.com.cn/exclusive/txt/2007-11/27/content_87414.htm University-Born Online Communities Enter New Battlefield] , BeijingReview.com, 2007-11-27.External links
* http://xiaonei.com
* [http://www.oxyweb.co.uk/blog/social-networks-across-the-world/ World Map of Social Networks Popularity]
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