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According to news on May 27, Tianya Community was once one of the most influential websites on the Chinese Internet, and it is also a youthful memory of many first-generation Internet users. However, since April 25, 2023, this old forum established in 1999 has been inaccessible, which has aroused heated discussions and nostalgia among netizens.
Xing Ming, one of the founders and former chairman of Tianya Community, responded to the concerns of netizens for the first time on social platforms today, saying that this was temporarily suspended due to funding problems, and he did not give up hope of restoring the website. He also guaranteed that the data in the Tianya community would not be lost, and that he would try his best to keep the posts, blog posts and god posts posted by netizens on Tianya.
Xing Ming said: “The data will not be lost, and Tianya has never given up.” He said: “Originally we just wanted to take a low-key rest for a while, raise funds and restore it, but we didn’t expect the reaction of netizens to be so enthusiastic.” Xing Ming also said: He will put data recovery and preservation first, and cooperate with the government and telecommunications to ensure that the “memories” of netizens can be preserved.
It is reported that in order to restart the Tianya community, Song Zheng, one of the founders, launched the “Seven Days and Seven Nights, Restart the Tianya” live broadcast charity sale, hoping to raise 3 million funds to pay for the expenses of the telecommunications room through the live broadcast. It has received the support and participation of a large number of netizens and former Tianya employees. It is reported that the restart of Tianya Live Charity Sale will start at 20:00 on May 28 and will be broadcast continuously for seven days.
Talking about the resumption of Tianya activities, Xing Ming said frankly, “I didn’t expect netizens to have such great enthusiasm. It was beyond our expectation. This is a kind of motivation for us. At the same time, we also feel guilty for not protecting everyone. Good platform.” Xing Ming added, “We are full of confidence in the future, and we have never thought of giving up.” It is worth mentioning that some employees suggested whether to follow Yu Minhong’s lead in live streaming. Xing Ming said that Tianya’s characteristics are a bit different. Similarly, including him personally is not this characteristic.
Source: IT Home
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