Tianya Club

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Tianya
Type of site
Internet forum
Available in Chinese
URL www.tianya.cn
CommercialYes
Launched14 February 1999;25 years ago (1999-02-14)
Current statusOffline

Tianya Club (Chinese :天涯社区; pinyin :Tiānyá Shèqū; lit.'End of the World Community') was one of the most popular Internet forums in China. [1] As of 2015, it was ranked by Alexa as the 11th most visited site in the People's Republic of China and 60th overall. [2] It was founded on 14 February 1999 and provided BBS, blog, microblog and photo album services.

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Politicians have used Tianya Club to campaign, answer questions from constituents, and gather grassroots support. [3]

The website has been offline since 26 April 2023. [4]

Notable incidents

Tianya Club has been involved in Chinese news stories such as a revival of the 1995 Tsinghua University poisoning story about Zhu Ling. [5]

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References

  1. Cao, Lina; Tang, Xijin (16 October 2013). "Prevailing Trends Detection of Public Opinions Based on Tianya Forum". Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning -- IDEAL 2013. Springer. p. 186. ISBN   9783642412783 . Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. "Traffic Info on Tianya". Alexa Internet . Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. County mayor solicits advice at popular online community, China Daily , 14 April 2006
  4. "独家 | 天涯社区停止运营背后:域名一个月前已被封,因拖欠电信十几年服务器费用被打包出售 | 雷峰网". www.leiphone.com.
  5. Lab poisoning mystery triggers debate, China Daily , 13 January 2006
  6. "Update: Xiao Yue Yue Exposed as Tianya Forum Publicity Stunt". 14 October 2010.
  7. "Internet sensation Xiao YueYue spawns Baidu page, flash game; revealed to be fake". 15 October 2010.
  8. "EastSouthWestNorth: Little Moon Moon's Shanghai Vacation During National Holiday Week".