I’m still consistently awed by the growth of net users in China, many of whom are constantly using the web as a source to reach out to people beyond their immediate social circle. There’s probably a better term to describe the trend that’s occurring in China’s younger generation of web users, but loneliness is definitely a part of it.

It’s unfortunate that the language barrier often prevents people from seeing another country’s Internet community first hand. There’s a difference between seeing a Chinese web community presented via a slide versus actually sitting down and searching through the major search engines yourself. Most people are probably aware of this already, but being able to speak another language will often open a person to an entirely different Internet experience.

So can all other presentations from that day at http://tech.163...ksonaplane.html

(1) those who are rich (or having a rich dad) and full of free time. They play to kill time. But they don’t want the painful part, so they buy virtual goods with real money.

(2) those who are poor and out of job. They play to get the virtual goods and sell them to (1).

(3) retired people.