Comments on: US backers form big Facebook clone in China

By: anon

anon — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:14:28 +0000

@ keanu:

It’s not just website concepts they’re learning to copy, but also all forms of intellectual property: music, movies, you name it!

By: Xiaonei, the Facebook of China, raises $430M — better funded than Facebook » VentureBeat

Thu, 01 May 2008 19:07:26 +0000

[...] was on the board two years ago when it decided to acquire Xiaonei, at the time a small startup. OPI invested heavily into the company, to make it a Facebook-like site. When combined with the traffic of OPI’s other property, Mop (which is more like a MySpace), [...]

By: Razzle Clones Woot | StartupNorth

Razzle Clones Woot | StartupNorth — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:55:50 +0000

[...] And lets not forget to mention the multi-million dollar exits Facebook clones are making (Germany, China). That said, I would have probably paraphrased Woot’s FAQ a little less [...]

By: Steeve Vai

Steeve Vai — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:19:53 +0000

Well. see exact clone better then studivz at http://www.influxive.com/isociety

these people actually cloned facebook

By: Web Strategy Field Report: The Hong Kong and China Web Sphere (Part 4 of 4)

Web Strategy Field Report: The Hong Kong and China Web Sphere (Part 4 of 4) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:33:02 +0000

[...] is the right word, the design looks copy pasted. There is more reports from VentureBeat on this company and a recent [...]

By: tech blog » Chinese Internet Usage Rivals U.S.

tech blog » Chinese Internet Usage Rivals U.S. — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:51:24 +0000

[...] and political, rather than technical. The language barrier allowed a Chinese Facebook clone to be snatched up. eBay was close to selling off its Chinese operations after facing cultural problems and stiff [...]

By: Just a random blog !

Just a random blog ! — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:14:59 +0000

By: Chinese Internet Usage Rivals US

Chinese Internet Usage Rivals US — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:50:08 +0000

By: » NÄ›meckÃ½ klon Facebooku (do)prodÃ¡n za 85 milionÅ¯ EUR | Web. REFLEKTOR

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:05:24 +0000

[...] US backers form big Facebook clone in China (VentureBeat) [...]

By: » DalÅ¡Ã vÃ½znamnÃ¡ akvizice, tentokrÃ¡t Marketing Sherpa | Web. REFLEKTOR

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:21:46 +0000

[...] Z akvizic, kterÃ½m se Web. Reflektor nestihl podÃvat na zoubek, bych rÃ¡d zmÃnil pohlcenÃ wiki startupu JotSpot Googlem, jak jste se mohli doÄÃst tÅ™eba na LupÄ›. Mezi dalÅ¡Ãmi bych zmÃnil ÄÃnskÃ½ klon Facebooku Xianoei.com, nebo belgickÃ½ videosharing Flurl (koupen zakladatelem MySpace). [...]

By: Tangos

Tangos — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:14:24 +0000

Here is a brief overview of China's campus social networking market.

By: Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:24:50 +0000

Meanwhile, check out the German Facebook copycat: http://www.studivz.de

By: keanu zhang

keanu zhang — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:21:02 +0000

I hate to hear this kind of news. this will furtherly encourage C2C(copy to china)business model in china. as a result, the first thing coming into chinese young entrepreneurs’s mind is how to copy, not innovate.

By: Brian Balfour

Brian Balfour — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:33:42 +0000

While I don’t agree with copying facebook down to the detail of the design, it was a smart move considering facebook left the international market wide open with a proven success. More thoughts here…

http://www.socialdegree.com/2006/10/24/chinese-facebook-copycat-gets-acquired/