Comments on: Inside Facebook Reports: Why Hasn’t Facebook Grown More in China?

By: Charles Mok

Charles Mok — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:59:26 +0000

The two main reasons that really count:
1. Facebook is usually blocked in China
2. Native language — users prefer an environment that is “native” with Chinese.
The users per population figure with Hong Kong is much higher than China or Taiwan as far as I know, mainly just also because these two points above do not apply there.
For Taiwan, for instance, no censorship but users there are not as comfortable on average with an English interface as those in HK.

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By: Hoista

Hoista — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:47:35 +0000

Facebook is often blocked in China, so this will not help them get into the market.

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Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:52:49 +0000

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By: Kevin Gao

Kevin Gao — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:03:20 +0000

Hey, this is really interesting. I never realized the popularity of the BBS system although it makes a lot of sense. Keep up the good work!