Interface News Reporter | Zhao Yifan
Interface News Editor | Song Jianan
The Tianya community, regarded as the "tear of the times", is still struggling.
html On February 28, in response to the recent news that Tianya Community was filed for bankruptcy review, relevant people familiar with the matter told Jiemian News that the applicant in the case, Zhang Xin, was a resigned employee and was following normal legal procedures. Whenwas asked whether the Tianya community was completely closed, the above-mentioned person revealed, "We are still working hard and preparing for restarting."
On February 26, Tianya Community Network Technology Co., Ltd. added a new bankruptcy review case, and the handling court was the Haikou Intermediate People’s Court of Hainan Province. The final case showed that the company's unfulfilled amount exceeded 110 million yuan, and the unfulfilled ratio exceeded 98%.
Upstream News quoted a former senior executive of Tianya Community as saying that some employees had previously applied to the court for company bankruptcy review due to arrears of wages. The
interface news reporter tested and found that the Tianya Community official website has displayed "This page cannot be found", and the Tianya Community app cannot be opened normally, displaying "No network connection." The community was one of the most famous forums in the early days of the Chinese Internet.
It is worth noting that the “donation” channel in the Tianya Community public account has not been closed. After following the official account, the "donation" message will automatically pop up. Click on the help function below, and the chat dialog box will also appear with a transfer QR code and "donation" instructions. You can still scan the code and use it normally.
Screenshot of the official account of Tianya Community
This online community was founded in 1999. It was originally a stock forum used by Xing Ming, a stock trading enthusiast, to communicate and learn. Later, it attracted many high-quality people from the "post-60s" to the "post-90s" Users had a great influence on the "posting" Internet culture at that time, and also carried the youthful memories of a generation of netizens.
was once the largest Chinese Internet community. The platform once had more than 130 million registered users, and monthly coverage of more than 250 million users.
From 2015 to 2018, Tianya Community experienced changes in being listed on the New Third Board and then delisted, with its market valuation reaching 1 billion yuan at its highest. However, with the rise of the mobile Internet, platforms such as Tieba, Douban, and Weibo that are more in line with young people's usage habits and tastes have gradually emerged. A series of popular communities such as Tianya Community, Maopu, Under the Banyan Tree, and Tiexue Community have begun to decline.
Due to liquidity difficulties, accumulated arrears of telecom IDC fees and technical problems on the platform, Tianya Community announced on April 1 last year that it would suspend access to services.
Regarding the inability to access the website and app normally, Song Zheng, the former executive editor of Tianya Community, once revealed on Weibo, "Tianya is not dead, just paralyzed. IDC is in arrears and the server has been stopped. Because of the lawsuit, the domain name has also been frozen by the court. ."
A month later, Tianya Community issued an apology announcement to users and decided to start a live broadcast for seven days and seven nights. The main purpose of this live broadcast is to help the platform raise funds and save the endangered Tianya community.
's live broadcast carrying the self-rescue mission was launched on Douyin, and Song Zheng led more than 30 volunteers to complete it. The live broadcast also invited Li Qianmo, the most popular singer in the world, who has been chopping firewood for ten years, and "one of the first generation Internet celebrities", to serve as his platform. The products on the shelves include themed commemorative T-shirts, snacks, computer peripherals, etc.
However, because the anchors were not familiar with selling goods, even with the help of some well-known writers, the live broadcast only raised 150,000 yuan, which was far from the goal of 3 million yuan.
At the end of 2023, Xing Ming, the founder of Tianya Community, revealed that he planned to start the official live broadcast after New Year's Day in 2024, and officially restart Tianya on the 25th anniversary of March 1. It's just that its era has long passed, and even if it is restarted, it will be full of thorns.
