Next stop. Top 10 Social Networks in China, India and Brazil. Because it' not just English Language any more. And the China ones are huge. Especially Wechat, Weibo and QQ/Tencent For a long time I was really hoping those three would expand and become global, with English sections but it didn't really happen.
ДаУниЗ I would like to hear your reasons. I have had a bad interaction with a Russian language G+ Community, which apparently did not allow postings in English, but don't want to base my suspicions of all things Russian on my one bad experience and the current political situation between our two countries.
Lara LazarOz Turns up readily enough in Web search, found it.
Stratfor:
Now the gulf has widened with the decree, which entered into force May 17, cutting Ukranians' official access to popular Russia-based internet services. Ukrainian internet providers were instructed to block access to social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, the Mail.ru email service and the major search engine Yandex. Meanwhile, their parent companies will face a number of punitive measures, including asset freezes and trade restrictions.
At the time of the cutoff, about 60 percent of Ukraine's 43 million people were thought to be users of the Russian social media and search platforms....
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NO! DON'T! THE ONLY MORE OR LESS FINE SOCIAL NETWORK THAT WAS MADE IN RUSSIA IS VK! DON'T REGISTER IN OK OR MOI MIR! SPARE YOUR SANITY!
ReplyDeleteДаУниЗ Take a deep breath and keep it productive, thanks.
ReplyDeleteLara LazarOz ?
ReplyDeleteJohn Phillips
ReplyDeleteNo idea
Ukraine has cut itself off Ru social media
Lara LazarOz As in no Internet routing, or simply not using Russian media?
ReplyDeleteNext stop. Top 10 Social Networks in China, India and Brazil. Because it' not just English Language any more. And the China ones are huge.
ReplyDeleteEspecially Wechat, Weibo and QQ/Tencent For a long time I was really hoping those three would expand and become global, with English sections but it didn't really happen.
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Edward Morbius
ReplyDeleteNo internet routing
Lara LazarOz Interesting, I wasn't aware of that specific instance, though I know of a few others.
ReplyDeleteWould you happen to have any references on this?
ДаУниЗ I would like to hear your reasons. I have had a bad interaction with a Russian language G+ Community, which apparently did not allow postings in English, but don't want to base my suspicions of all things Russian on my one bad experience and the current political situation between our two countries.
ReplyDeleteEdward Morbius
ReplyDeleteNo - it was announced as a policy about 2 years ago
Lara LazarOz Turns up readily enough in Web search, found it.
ReplyDeleteStratfor:
Now the gulf has widened with the decree, which entered into force May 17, cutting Ukranians' official access to popular Russia-based internet services. Ukrainian internet providers were instructed to block access to social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, the Mail.ru email service and the major search engine Yandex. Meanwhile, their parent companies will face a number of punitive measures, including asset freezes and trade restrictions.
At the time of the cutoff, about 60 percent of Ukraine's 43 million people were thought to be users of the Russian social media and search platforms....
https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/ukraine-breaks-another-link-russia?x
Financial Times as well, though paywalled.
worldview.stratfor.com - Ukraine Breaks Another Link to Russia
Edward Morbius
ReplyDeleteMy memory was vague about it all.
I knew it was severe
Well, Edward Morbius, ДаУниЗ’s warning seems heartfelt at least.
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