Kaixin001
| URL | http://www.kaixin001.com |
|---|---|
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Social network service |
| Registration | required |
| Available language(s) | Chinese |
| Launched | April, 2008 |
| Current status | Active |
Kaixin001 (Chinese: 开心网; pinyin: Kāixīnwǎng; aka "Happy Net") is a social networking website launched in March , 2008.[1][2]
In 2010, Kaixin001 ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall according to Alexa Internet.[3]
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[edit] Competition
Kaixin001's success can be partly credited to internet censorship in the People's Republic of China. Due to the permanent blockage of other social-networking websites such as Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube since the summer of 2009 following the Ürümqi riots,[4][5][6][7][8][9] many Chinese nationals turned to domestic sites, hence the membership spikes.
On 20 May 2009, Kaixin001 formally sued Qianxiang Group for unfair competition. Qianxiang Group runs one of China's popular social networks Renren. It purchased the kaixin.com domain and launched a Kaixin001 clone.[10] This enables Renren to confuse users and attract some Kaixin001 potential users to the Kaixin.com clone.[11] On April 2011, Oak Pacific, owners of Renren, was found by a Chinese court as guilty of violating legal rights of Kaixin001.[12] The compensation sum is still being settled by the Chinese legal system. The other main competition for Kaixin001 is Weibo.com, which is like a hybrid of Twitter and Facebook. Weibo.com has 140 million users and is owned by Sina.com.
[edit] Applications
Kaixin001 cloned and brought the most famous successful Facebook applications to the Chinese Market before anyone else. For example
- Friends for Sale: A game that users can price and sell their friends
- Happy Farm: Users can grown their own vegetables and steal vegetables from their friends.
[edit] References
- ^ http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/littleredblog/post.htm?id=63006184
- ^ http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/ericsson-partners-kaixin001-mobile-social-apps/2009-10-19#
- ^ "Traffic Info on Kaixin001". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/kaixin001.com. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "China Blocks Access To Twitter, Facebook After Riots". TechCrunch. 2009-07-07. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07/china-blocks-access-to-twitter-facebook-after-riots/. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ "China Disables Twitter, Then Facebook, as Civil Unrest Ensues". Fast Company. 2009-07-07. http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/clay-dillow/culture-buffet/twitter-revolution-lives-china-disables-twitter-then-facebook-civil-. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ "网络颠覆：不容小觑的安全威胁". 中国军网 数字报. 2009年8月6日. http://www.chinamil.com.cn/gfbmap/content/2009-08/06/content_4350.htm. Retrieved 2009年10月1日.
- ^ "中共军报提出网路颠覆论". 中央社. 2009-08-07. http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/chn/chnoverseamedia/cna/20090808/2146552545.html. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
- ^ "中国军方：Twitter和YouTube成颠覆工具". 南洋视界. 2009-08-07. http://www.nanyangpost.com/news/china/2823.html. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
- ^ "CNN.com Video". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/12/27/chang.china.cesnorship.cnn. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ "Kaixin001: China’s Apple of Social Networks". http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/16/kaixin001-chinas-apple-of-social-networks.
- ^ Renren and Kaixin001: China's Social Networks are going on an IPO, while at home competition is going up a notch, Thinking Chinese, April 2011
- ^ China's tangled Web of social networking, China Daily, April 27, 2011.
