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| File:Zhihu screenshot.png | |
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Knowledge markets, Q&A software |
| Available in | Chinese |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Yuan Zhou Shenshen Li Jixing Huang[1] |
| Key people | Yuan Zhou (CEO) |
| URL | [1] |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | January 2011 |
| Current status | Active |
"Zhihu" is a Chinese question-and-answer website where questions are created, answerd, edited and organized by the community of its users. It has a similar product model as Quora. The company was founded on January 26, 2011. Until the end of 2013, the number of registered users on Zhihu has over 10,000,000.[3]
In old Chinese, "Zhihu" means "Do you know?". Different from Quora, Zhihu is a media instead of a platform.[4] That is to say, Zhihu is focus more on delivering information; On the other hand, Quora is focus more on discussion.
History
[edit]Starting from August, 2010, Zhihu was under development. [5] It went through a closed beta test at the end of December, 2010. Zhihu went on live on January 26, 2011. It reportedly received fundings from Kai-Fu Lee's Innovation Works, Sequoia Capital and Qiming Ventures. [6] [7][8]
Product Operation
[edit]At the beginning of the company was founded, the users could only be able to edit articles or comments by having invitations from other notable users. If the users had no way of getting invitations, they could apply for an account by fulfilling a good amount of real information on the user pages.[9] That insures a great number of high quality as well as professional questions and answers, which attracts more and more users to the community.
Zhihu opened registration to public in March 2013, which increased users from 400 thousand to 4 million in less than one year. Registered users are able to ask questions in the community while inviting specific users to answer. Each user is able to check his/ her Zhihu followees' updates(Likes, Answers, Following questions). Users are capable to check the status of their own following questions or activities of their answers and comments on the home page.
Impact
[edit]Zhihu is an highly interactive with best responses upvoted by others. It features high-profile Chinese entrepreneurs and public intellectuals among its users, increasingly providing Chinese netizens with a space for a rich discussion.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Who founded Zhihu?" (in Chinese). Zhihu. 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ "Zhihu.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
- ^ Zhu, Xudong. "Zhihu has over 10 million monthly active users". Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ Wang, Faye. "How does the Chinese Q&A website Zhihu (知乎) compare to Quora?". Retrieved 27 Nov 2013.
- ^ 张亮. "知乎从策划到上线花费了多少时间呢？" (in Chinese). 知乎. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ Anonymous. "How does the Chinese Q&A websiZhihu (知乎) compare to Quora?". Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "李开复爆料创新工场已投资问答社区网站知乎" (in Chinese). 腾讯科技. 2011-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
- ^ "启明创投投资企业：媒体和互联网" (in Chinese). 启明创投. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ^ Hu, Wei. "提交 "加入知乎申请" 后多久才能获得邀请". Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ Wong, Sue-lin. "In China, A New Space for New Questions". Retrieved 16 January 2014.