Comments on: Facebook: Zhanzou.com Acquisition Rumors Are False

By: Chinese Sites Generate Buzz With Facebook Rumors - The Unofficial Facebook Blog

Chinese Sites Generate Buzz With Facebook Rumors - The Unofficial Facebook Blog — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:55:37 +0000

[…] I reported yesterday, rumors of acquisition offers by Facebook for Zhanzou.com were unfounded. Interfax China, a Chinese […]

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:13:51 +0000

The French userbase is growing rapidly. I expect that a french version will be one of the first.

By: Facebook’s Mission China - Rev2.org

Facebook’s Mission China - Rev2.org — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:02:12 +0000

[…] According to Nick O’ Neill on AllFacebook.com the acquisition rumors of Zhanzou.com are false. A Facebook PR executive is believed to have told Nick, “Facebook has no plans to […]

By: David

David — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:41:33 +0000

Moreover, in the lasted Web 2.0 conference by OrangeLab, 51.com was invited to talk about “the typical Chinese Web 2.0 user”. “5″ in Chinse sounds like “I” and “1″ sounds like “want”. So “51″ means ” I want”. Maybe that is a social networking site.

By: David

David — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:33:03 +0000

I am trying to get a sense of the huge Internet market here in Beijing. However, it seemed to me that not many people are on the so-called social networking sites… A lot of people have never heard of web 2.0 or social networking or Facebook. Nonetheless, it seemed that they are on the social websites (forums, bbs etc).

By: Ash

Ash — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:23:07 +0000

I am assuming that the Chinese version of Facebook will be a separate site. Otherwise how would an English speaking member add groups or friends if you can’t read Chinese. It will also be interesting to see how Facebook Ads work in the Chinese version.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:52:07 +0000

Wait did you just get good information from a PR pesron… so we are not a complete waste?