3 Reasons Why Tencent’s Qzone, the Largest Social Network in China, is a Failure – Tech-Web

www.chinasocialgames.com — Qzone, “the largest social network in China,” and Tencent’s other SNS (QQ Campus and Xiaoyou), are failures for three reasons: 1) Squandered Opportunity; 2) Site's Design and Features are Lousy; 3) Is Qzone Really No. 1?

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3 Reasons Why Tencent’s Qzone, the Largest Social Network in China, is a Failure

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