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> we've got one very similar social network that's got arguably more features and arrived to the market a year or so earlier than facebook got its russian local
by mitjak 16y ago
> we've got one very similar social network that's got arguably more features and arrived to the market a year or so earlier than facebook got its russian localization.
Except that it's an incomplete relatively ugly clone of Facebook, which is why quite a few people are jumping ship to Facebook. It does have its niceties in the form of music uploads, but that's more of a quirk of the general state of regard for copyright laws in the country.
- xentronium 16y agoSurprisingly, I found vk's interface much more appealing and intuitive than fb's. Besides, I can't find a single reason to migrate to facebook and so do most people I know, and as the map shows, most people in Russia.
- varjag 16y agoThe users really started to trickle over to Facebook during the year. I see even my less technically inclined friends appearing there now. Give it another year or two.
- crocowhile 16y agoI think Zuckerberg makes it very clear that is not about the platform but about where most of your friends are. Which is why it would be very difficult to displace people from facebook.