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That's what I meant by writing: "Russians also have copy-cat versions of many western sites/services that are more popular than original ones". vk == Facebook,

• vetinari 9y ago
  And by having that, they are better off than Europeans, who have nothing. Instead, they add their weight to the network effects of US services.
  • seppin 9y ago
    Of services that actually benefit from global outreach, like Facebook. Local companies (clones of Uber) do very well
• dahauns 9y ago
  C'mon. Yandex is older than Google. It's short-sighted and actually rather arrogant to see those platforms like "look at them, how cute, they're playing information society like the grown-ups!".
  • kbart 9y ago
    "look at them, how cute, they're playing information society like the grown-ups!" Don't put words in my mouth, I've never said something like that. I just wanted to highlight the fact that most people still prefer local services, either due to language barrier or social/information bubbles to disprove the claim that China would somehow be magically different if there was no Great Firewall.