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'''Zorpia''' is [[social networking service]], popular in India and China, that uses unethical methods such as spamming, scamming and [[phishing]] to recruit users.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} It was founded by Jeffrey Ng in December 2003 and is operated by Zorpia Co. Ltd. The company is based in [[Hong Kong]] and consists of 30 employees.<ref name="overview">{{cite web|title=Zorpia Overview|url=http://venturebeatprofiles.com/company/profile/zorpia|work=Venture Beat Profiles|publisher=VentureBeat|accessdate=28 January 2013|year=2007–2013}}</ref>
'''Zorpia''' is [[social networking service]], popular in India and China.<ref name="mckenzie">{{cite web|title=Friend-Finding Social Network Zorpia Is No Facebook, But At Least It Has Friends In China|url=http://pandodaily.com/2012/08/07/friend-finding-social-network-zorpia-is-no-facebook-but-at-least-it-has-friends-in-china/|work=PandoDaily|publisher=PandoDaily|accessdate=28 January 2013|author=HAMISH MCKENZIE|date=7|month=August|year=2012}}</ref> It was founded by Jeffrey Ng in December 2003 and is operated by Zorpia Co. Ltd. The company is based in [[Hong Kong]] and consists of 30 employees.<ref name="overview">{{cite web|title=Zorpia Overview|url=http://venturebeatprofiles.com/company/profile/zorpia|work=Venture Beat Profiles|publisher=VentureBeat|accessdate=28 January 2013|year=2007–2013}}</ref>


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Zorpia is one of the few [[ICP license|ICP-licensed]] international social networking services operators in mainland China where it operates the site Zorpia.cn.<ref name="mckenzie"/> Zorpia's primary features are photo album, online journal, social networking, customized homepage, comment system, and discussion forum. Users are at least 16 years old. [[Alexa Internet]] ranks Zorpia among the 6,000 most frequently visited websites worldwide;<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/zorpia.com |title= Zorpia.com Site Info | publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= September 15, 2012 }}</ref> 40 percent of its users come from [[India]] where its Alexa rank is around 700.<ref name="alexa" /><ref name="mckenzie" />
Zorpia is infamous for sending repetitive "private messages" to people who are not users, referring to fake senders who never sent any message, "inviting" people to read those "messages" by joining Zorpia by providing their private data.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} The site metric data (like the number of users) has not been verified by external parties and it has been suggested that the site is using phishing techniques to gather private user data.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} People have been reporting that the account deletion requests are not honoured and their data is continuously used for outbound invitations, and their - supposedly deleted - photographs being shared with others.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

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Zorpia is one of the few [[ICP license|ICP-licensed]] international social networking services operators in mainland China where it operates the site Zorpia.cn.<ref name="mckenzie">{{cite web|title=Friend-Finding Social Network Zorpia Is No Facebook, But At Least It Has Friends In China|url=http://pandodaily.com/2012/08/07/friend-finding-social-network-zorpia-is-no-facebook-but-at-least-it-has-friends-in-china/|work=PandoDaily|publisher=PandoDaily|accessdate=28 January 2013|author=HAMISH MCKENZIE|date=7|month=August|year=2012}}</ref> Zorpia's primary features are photo album, online journal, social networking, customized homepage, comment system, and discussion forum. Users are at least 16 years old.<ref name="zorpiaterms">{{cite web|title=Zorpia Terms of Service Agreement|url=http://www.zorpia.com/info/tos|work=Zorpia|publisher=Zorpia Co. Ltd|accessdate=28 January 2013|year=2013}}</ref> [[Alexa Internet]] ranks Zorpia among the 6,000 most frequently visited websites worldwide,<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/zorpia.com |title= Zorpia.com Site Info | publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= September 15, 2012 }}</ref> 40 percent of its users come from [[India]] where its Alexa rank is around 700.<ref name="alexa" /><ref name="mckenzie" />

==History==
[[File:JeffreyNg-2008.jpg|thumb|left|Jeffrey Ng speaking at the Hong Kong International Computer Conference 2008]]

Jeffrey Ng, the founder and [[CEO]] of Zorpia, was born in 1982 in Hong Kong. He graduated from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]], majoring in [[computer engineering]]. In December 2003, he founded Zorpia in his apartment. He was interested in meeting people from around the world and gave the site the name Zorpia because he wanted it to be an online nation for people to make new friends.<ref name="webwizard">{{cite web|url= http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=16&art_id=58722&sid=16778833&con_type=1&d_str=20071217&fc=1http://zorpia.com/info/press |title= Web Wizard | publisher= Chan, Michelle (December 17, 2007). ''[[The Standard]]''|accessdate= September 20, 2012}}{{dead link|date=January 2013}}</ref>{{dead link|date=January 2013}}

Zorpia has two [[Facebook Platform|Facebook apps]], Get Dating and Get Friending.

== Spam policy ==
Zorpia's official Terms of Service prohibit spamming, defined as any repetitive entries (sensible or insensible) posted multiple times so as to annoy readers.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

Nevertheless Zorpia has been infamous in violating its own Terms of Service by sending repetitive "private messages" to people who are not users, "inviting" them to read those messages by joining Zorpia.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

A specific phishing tactic is to use the Gmail login screen during registration, likely using Google's OAuth protocol.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} Once the victim has entered his or her Gmail username and password, Zorpia uses this to access the user's contact list and sends out spam in the form of "private messages" to the contact list.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} Zorpia will even send the victim messages from the victim.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 11:22, 12 March 2013

Zorpia
Screenshot
Screenshot of Zorpia's homepage.
Type of site
Social networking service
Available inMultilingual (2)
OwnerZorpia Co. Ltd.
Created byJeffrey Ng, CEO of Zorpia Co. Ltd.
URLwww.zorpia.com
LaunchedDecember 7, 2003 (2003-12-07)
Current statusActive

Zorpia is social networking service, popular in India and China.[2] It was founded by Jeffrey Ng in December 2003 and is operated by Zorpia Co. Ltd. The company is based in Hong Kong and consists of 30 employees.[3]

Zorpia is one of the few ICP-licensed international social networking services operators in mainland China where it operates the site Zorpia.cn.[2] Zorpia's primary features are photo album, online journal, social networking, customized homepage, comment system, and discussion forum. Users are at least 16 years old. Alexa Internet ranks Zorpia among the 6,000 most frequently visited websites worldwide;[1] 40 percent of its users come from India where its Alexa rank is around 700.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Zorpia.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c HAMISH MCKENZIE (7). "Friend-Finding Social Network Zorpia Is No Facebook, But At Least It Has Friends In China". PandoDaily. PandoDaily. Retrieved 28 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Zorpia Overview". Venture Beat Profiles. VentureBeat. 2007–2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
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