What Facebook Should Learn From Chinese Internet
已有 256 次阅读 2012-06-08 16:56 标签: Facebook Internet ChineseWith traffic quickly migrating from personal computers to mobile devices, all of the big Chinese Internet companies are pushing hard into mobile, but some with more success than others. Though Mark Zuckerberg is well aware of the mobile challenge, he might think about following in Tencent's footsteps, and instead of working on a more streamlined Facebook app or some grander mobile operating system, make a new mobile product from scratch.
China's largest internet conglomerate, Tencent, launched a new mobile chat service last year called Weixin.On top of its mobile chat function, Weixin has integrated audio and photo sharing and other quirky features, one of which allows users to shake their phone and start up a conversation with strangers shaking their phone in the area. According to the Chinese media it's also testing a new circles feature, that has the uncanny power to automatically categorize friends and contacts based on how a person knows them, and even throws in a few similar strangers for good measure.
Another innovation from Tencent that Facebook could consider is getting deeper into games. And beyond that, it might even consider a completely different monetization scheme, virtual products. While most gaming in the U.S. remains based on either a one-time purchase or ads, Tencent has done well by selling virtual products to its users. Mr. Lee points out that while they are sold mostly to gamers, others using its chat services make the purchases also.Of course Facebook remains the undisputed king of the social network, with or without China for now. As Mr. Lee points out though, the complications of opening a network that allows users to share all kinds of private information in a state obsessed with monitoring that communication poses big problems for any Western company. At the same time, he argues, the window is closing on Facebook to get into the market as Chinese users grow attached to Chinese platforms.
The promise of 500 million internet users notwithstanding, at least Facebook can take a few tips from the parallel internet universe that is China. It might just mean they don't have to come to China to justify that pile of cash they're getting.
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