Why is it so difficult to socialize anonymously for a long time? In April last year, a website called “The Website Will Self-Destruct” appeared on the Internet when the epidemic was severe. In this website, anyone can leave a message, and others may see it by clicking the “read” button. Its uniqueness is that if no new message is received within 24 hours, the website will be destroyed automatically.

But so far, this website still exists. During the most severe period of the epidemic, many parts of the world experienced complete lockdowns, and the public suffered panic, loneliness and depression. The Website Will Self-Destruct became a good “tree hole” to help users alleviate various negative emotions. Even though the epidemic has been under obvious control, users’ enthusiasm for the website has not diminished, otherwise this unique “self-destructing website” will not survive to this day.

In fact, this kind of anonymous social mode in the Internet has always been very popular. Many anonymous social applications have emerged around the world, and some have even become “phenomenal” products. However, no matter how beautiful the beginning is, they almost all go to a depressed ending and leave the scene sadly. Obviously users have such a strong demand for anonymous social networking, but these products are always as difficult to last as the dew. So what kind of problem has caused the supposedly hot anonymous social networking to be in such an “embarrassed” state?

1. Widely popular all over the world, anonymous social networking on the Internet satisfies human needs

In fact, anonymous social software has appeared a few years ago.

Telegram, an instant messaging software founded by brothers Nikolai Durov and Pavel Durov from Russia in 2013, focuses on the “anonymous social” model (Pavel Durov is also a well-known Russian social networking site vkontakte Founder).

Users can exchange encrypted and self-destructing messages with each other in Telegram, and send files of types such as photos and movies. The client has a PC version, a mobile version, and other types to choose from. In March 2018, Telegram officially stated that its monthly active users had reached 200 million. The Paper reported that Telegram had added tens of millions of users this year. It is estimated that by the end of 2022, Telegram’s monthly active users will increase from the current approximately 550 million. To 1 billion people.

And another anonymous social application Secret became popular in 2014. The app allows users to spread gossip, write their own complaints, and post messages anonymously. After 3 rounds of financing, Secret raised about 35 million U.S. dollars. Investors include Index Ventures, Red Dot Ventures and other well-known investment institutions. Secret’s valuation at that time reached about 100 million U.S. dollars.

These anonymous social applications are relatively well-known abroad. Judging from their financing status and user volume, people do have a strong demand for anonymous social networking. In China’s Internet market, the most famous national-level anonymous social application is undoubtedly the “drifting bottle.” The drift bottle first appeared in the QQ mailbox. At that time, the function of the drift bottle was very simple. Write a paragraph and send it to strangers anonymously, and the person who found it will respond. It is the same as the drifting bottle we play on the beach, and the drifting bottle thrown into the sea may not have an echo, but the QQ drifting bottle will definitely get a reply. At first, Drifting Bottle seemed to be just an additional function of QQ, but it was this feature that made the QQ mailbox at that time surpassed the No. 1 list in the market: In 2010, Drifting Bottle exceeded 1 million users in only 3 days after it went online, half a year later. Reaching 10 million, Drifting Bottle has enabled QQ mailboxes to exceed 100 million active users, surpassing NetEase mailboxes to reach the top in one fell swoop. This kind of success was unexpected by Zhang Xiaolong, the founder of Drifting Bottle. He said, “Drifting Bottle made me realize the greatness of the group. Its behavior pattern is beyond our expectations, and we cannot fully understand it. If we have to Analyzing, talking and expecting a response (making friends) are still the first.” The loneliness of the individual soul and the curiosity of the unknown world are always the deepest existence in human nature. The Drifting Bottle is an anonymous social mode with a tree hole nature, which can meet the needs of users in the depths of human nature. Then Drifting Bottle entered WeChat and continued to play its role. In order to make social interaction more interesting, Zhang Xiaolong also added social methods for strangers such as Shake, nearby people, etc. to WeChat. These features have all contributed to a sharp increase in the number of WeChat users without exception. WeChat can become the appearance of today’s national-level social applications, which is naturally the result of the continuous exploration of multiple functions, technology and operation teams. But it is the “anonymous social” element that makes the user volume soar. Although such phenomenon-level anonymous social products have not appeared in China’s Internet market since the Drifting Bottle, other niche anonymous social products have quietly emerged, such as Soul, One Can, and Tape. Although not so well-known, they also rely on anonymous social networking and some highly personalized features to harvest a group of users. However, the contradiction here is that people have a strong demand for anonymous social networking, but it has always been very difficult for anonymous social applications to survive in the market for a long time. So what is wrong with the anonymous social application that caused it to get stuck in such an awkward position?

2. There is demand but there is no market, what problems does anonymous social encounters?

In the Chinese and foreign Internet markets, it seems that anonymous social applications have never been able to survive for long. Even if they still exist, they will inevitably be more bumpy than other types of social applications. In 2015, Secret, which had 15 million users and was valued at $100 million in one year after its launch, closed. Secret founder David Beato said frankly in his blog: This is a deliberate decision, because Secret” It deviates from my original intention when I started my business.” The reason why David said this is mainly because in the actual application of Secret, due to the anonymity mechanism, many online violence appeared in this application. There is a view that Secret has inspired the ugly side of human nature to achieve success in the business model, so Secret’s defeat will be sooner or later. Coincidentally, another well-known anonymous social software Telegram is also facing a crisis of how to explore a self-sufficient model. In order to increase revenue, advertising is temporarily adopted. Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, said that this project needs at least hundreds of millions of dollars a year to sustain, and it also needs to remain independent and loyal to its values. In China’s Internet market, the drift bottle has already been offline. Because this kind of anonymous social gameplay is extremely easy to use, it becomes a gathering place for pornographic information and spam advertisements. Under this trend, the drifting bottle was finally absent from the original intention, and was discarded by users and the market outside the stage of the Internet. Similar to the fate of these “predecessors”, the life of anonymous social applications after this will not be long. For example, the anonymous social product “Yi Can” launched in 2018 announced the dissolution of the team in 2019. The platform aims to “alleviate human loneliness.” Its product manager said that he is a senior social phobia, and he is also a person with a strong sense of loneliness and expressiveness. Therefore, he hopes to design it to help people say “Nowhere.” “Tell, but don’t want to hide the worries” product. In fact, one can does a pretty good job. The number of monthly active users is still around 380,000 before it plans to disband. From the evaluation point of view, the user experience is also very good. The platform is divided into emotions, interactions, hobbies, and life. There are several small sub-categories under each section. One pot attaches great importance to user experience and has been based on user experience. Feedback for optimization. However, such a platform with industry ideals and good operating conditions failed to persist in the end. Because in an anonymous state, a lot of negative energy attacks and vulgar information have gradually appeared, and the age of users is naturally unsustainable over time. From the experience of anonymous social platforms, we can see that an anonymous environment is prone to many problems. Modern people are busy and under great pressure on weekdays. Such a state can be alleviated in the Internet. However, driven by the dark side of human nature, various negative emotions can easily pour out in an anonymous environment, which will inevitably harm others. As a result, harassment, slander, cyberbullying, pornography…Various problems have repeatedly appeared, and the beautiful vision of the platform and users is particularly weak when it comes to the dark side of human nature. These negative emotions seem like a never-ending cycle, which will affect any anonymous social platform that wants to be positive, and will pull down and dissuade those users who originally have pure goals or just want to find a spiritual habitat. This is the fundamental reason why the demand for anonymous social networking is strong, but the product is difficult to gain a foothold in the market. Is it possible that anonymous social products can only be revolved in this vortex of reincarnation, without the slightest vitality and hope?

3. Deeply cultivating market segments, anonymous social networking can “rescue”

However, even if there are many problems, the desire and demand of human beings for anonymous social interaction has never ceased. In real life, too many people live with “personal design”, and every time they post a circle of friends, they must first think and consider carefully, thinking about how to use glamorous online images to conceal the real life’s chaos and chicken feathers. The longer this state lasts, the more attractive the anonymous social model will be to users. Because in the anonymous social mode, people can take off the shackles and masks, hide in the “darkness” and make the most authentic sound. At this time, people don’t have to pretend to be their ideal self, and they don’t need to judge others too much. The most relaxed and comfortable state of human beings. Based on this demand, anonymous social products can often explode huge vitality in the early stage of operation, attracting a large number of users in a very short period of time. Even though there are still many problems that have not yet been resolved, it can be seen from the fact that anonymous social software “follows the next”, the anonymous social market still has huge potential to be explored. Therefore, what practitioners need to do may not be to change direction or simply abandon the anonymous social market, but to work hard on technology and supervision, using technical means to filter out as many negative content as possible, and to provide users with a healthy communication. Environment, and strengthen supervision at the same time, make the anonymous social platform and community more pure. In this way, anonymous social products are not hopeless, as long as they work hard, they can still be “rescued.” However, starting a business is easy and difficult, especially when doing anonymous social products. Perhaps for anonymous social networking, a pure environment and an attitude close to the original intention are the basic conditions to ensure the long-term existence of the platform rather than a short-lived one

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Warnings from economists Pension system on the brink of collapse?

Status: 21.06.2021 10:35 a.m.

Too few contributors and high household burdens – experts repeatedly point out the problems of statutory pension insurance. Does that inevitably lead to retirement at 68 or even 70? By Andreas Braun, tagesschau.de The criticism of the German pension insurance system, which has been publicly discussed for weeks, is sharp. The entire structure of the pay-as-you-go pension has been called into question by economists in recent weeks. Many of the criticisms have been known for a long time, but above all caused a stir Paper of the scientific advisory board at the Federal Ministry of Economics , an advisory body within the federal government. Economics Minister Peter Altmaier himself presented the committee’s proposals as “not binding” on his ministry The advisory board is “independent”.

Pension and contribution guarantees aggravate the situation

With their description of the state of the German pension insurance system, the authors of the study are anything but alone among experts. You see “suddenly increasing financing problems” approaching the pension funds. These problems are mainly caused by the guarantee of the pension level introduced in 2018 at 48 percent of the average wage and the limitation of pension contributions to a maximum of 20 percent.

Together with the introduction of the “pension at 63”, this led to the deficit within the pension insurance system being further expanded. More than a quarter of the federal budget had to be diverted to the pension fund in 2019 to fill this gap. In 2040, almost half of the federal funds are threatened to be used for this.

Increasing life expectancy

The conclusion of the economists of the advisory board with its chairman, the Munich economics professor Klaus M. Schmidt, reads: The coupling of the retirement age to life expectancy is “inevitable”. So if Germans tend to live longer and receive longer pensions, the start of retirement will have to be pushed back accordingly. This would correspond to a “pension at 68” in around 20 years.

In addition, the experts are calling for pension increases no longer to be carried out consistently in the future. While existing pensions should only increase with the development of purchasing power, a guarantee of 48 percent, for example, can still be guaranteed for “access pensions”, ie employees who are going into retirement.

Criticism of “unsocial” proposals

While politicians from many parties immediately criticized the committee’s proposals as “anti-social” or unrealistic, the authors also received support from academia from other quarters. The researchers from the employer-related Institute of the German Economy (IW) also see a further extension of the working life as a sensible way to stabilize the German pension system.

IW study director Jochen Pimpertz sees this as an opportunity “to slow down the rise in premiums and at the same time to stabilize the security level”. He recommends raising the retirement age from 2031 by two months for each year of birth. In 2052, the standard retirement age would then be 70 years. The Freiburg economist Bernd Raffelhüschen also sees a dramatic need for reform in the pension system in Germany. The federal government can only choose between “plague and cholera,” he said in a recent interview. Either the contribution rates for the pension fund or the federal subsidy would have to be drastically increased. In the past few years, the federal government gave the “majority of the elderly” too generous gifts, he said.

Swedish stock pension model

Martin Werding, professor at the Ruhr University in Bochum, is calling for a radical move away from today’s pure pay-as-you-go financing. Werding has calculated that a “share pension”, in which employees invest two percent of their gross income in an equity fund, could increase pension payments by up to 30 percent for average earners who have been insured for many years. The consumer advice centers also consider such a provision component, which is based, for example, on the Swedish pension model, to be sensible. Klaus Müller, member of the board of directors of the Federal Association of Consumer Organizations, sees the share investment as an opportunity to get “more money in old age” for insured persons.

But even a fundamental reform of the pension system is unlikely to close the gap between earned income and retirement income for many contributors. The Riester pension, which was introduced around 20 years ago , however, many experts are convinced that it is hardly suitable for this. There are increasing votes for Riester subsidies to expire under a new federal government in autumn. A prominent critic of the Riester model is, for example, the economist and former “economy” Bert Rürup. He advocates pension accounts that could be managed by a foundation and should be accessible to all citizens. Here, too, the idea is that additional contributions are invested primarily in the capital market and converted into payment plans in old age that supplement the statutory pension

“Sometimes people also advise Putin not to take adventurous trips, but he is very adamant about these hobbies,” Peskov said when asked if people were trying to stop the president. Putin does not take dangerous trips, such as sailing with whales in Kamchatka or flying with Siberian Cranes. According to experts, the Russian President likes to go on adventure tours to show people that he is still healthy and full of life. (Photo: RIA) The above sharing of Mr. Peskov was broadcast on Russia 1 TV channel in the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” by Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin. In addition, according to Peskov, President Putin really loves Siberia, so he likes to have a few days of quiet rest there. “On the other hand, he also went to the Far East many times, he loved Sochi, he loved Krasnaya Polyana, he loved Crimea. In general, Putin is passionate about different lands, but it is true that he likes to have a few quiet days alone in Siberia, this is the truth,” Peskov said. Earlier, at the end of March, President Putin had a weekend in Siberia with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The two also rode in a tracked off-road vehicle, in which Putin drove and Shoigu sat next to him in the passenger seat, and then walked through the Taiga forest. The head of the Russian Defense Ministry also showed the president his wood workshop, where Shoigu carves various works from dried tree stumps. One of the Russian leader’s most prominent travels was a two-day trip to Siberia in August 2017. After that, the Kremlin boss went to the Taiga forest, where he fished, swam, traveled along the river in motorboats, hiked through the mountains, sunbathed and swam. According to a spokesman for the Russian president, Putin dived for two hours in a cold lake in Siberia to hunt a large milkfish. In 2014, on his birthday, Putin took a day off for the first time and flew to the Siberian taiga. On that day, he walked almost 9 km through the mountains. In 2019, a few days before his 67th birthday, Putin treated himself to a vacation in the taiga. According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov, Putin will spend his birthday with his family and loved ones. However, before that, he had “rewarded” himself a trip to Siberia to enjoy “nature and Russian autumn”. According to RT, Putin’s companion is Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and a number of senior officials. Together they climbed mountains, picked mushrooms and drove off-road to visit primeval forests. The Russian president is known as a lover of nature and outdoor activities, especially in Siberia. Putin often goes to Siberia every year both to rest and to check the environmental situation in the region.

Tesla staff said that because they have not been able to contact Ms. Zhang herself, they sent the data email to the email address Ms. Zhang filled in when she bought the car.

At present, Tesla has provided the data one minute before the vehicle accident and made a text description.

The full text of the description is as follows:

When the driver stepped on the brake pedal for the last time, the data showed that the speed of the vehicle was 118.5 kilometers per hour. Within 2.7 seconds after the driver stepped on the brake pedal, the maximum brake master cylinder pressure was only 45.9 bar. After that, the driver increased the stepping on the brake pedal, and the brake master cylinder pressure reached 92.7 bar. The front collision warning and automatic emergency braking function were activated (the maximum brake master cylinder pressure reached 140.7bar) and played a role, reducing the amplitude of the collision. 1.8 seconds after the ABS was applied, the system recorded the occurrence of the collision. After the driver stepped on the brake pedal, the vehicle speed continued to decrease, and before the collision, the vehicle speed was reduced to 48.5 kilometers per hour.

The text description stated that the vehicle speed was high before the incident (close to 120km/h), and the AEB automatic brake assist system and the ABS anti-lock braking system were working normally.

In addition to the data recorded in the description, the Tesla staff also stated that within half an hour of the vehicle accident, the vehicle had more than 40 records of depressing the brake pedal, and the speed of the vehicle exceeded 100km/h and more. The situation of the second stop.

The relevant person in charge of Tesla said that he will unreservedly cooperate with the regulatory authorities to carry out in-depth investigations and openly accept social supervision.

Fans believe that the female singer seems to be gaining weight or choosing inappropriate outfits, making her round and unbalanced body. Besides, many people realized that Selena Gomez’s suit was in contact with Lisa (BlackPink). Both stars wore wool dresses by Salvatore Ferragamo. While Selena Gomez coordinated with the belt, Lisa chose to dress with a long-sleeved t-shirt with the same tone. Lisa and Selena Gomez both wore wool dresses from Salvatore Ferragamo. Before that, Lisa and Selena Gomez wore the same clothes many times. The two female singers wore pink dress of Miu Miu. In this costume, master Lose you to love me She is praised for being feminine and Lisa looks younger thanks to her hairstyle. Both also used to wear Celine’s skirts. This time, the BlackPink member received more compliments than her seniors thanks to her charismatic charisma and poses. Lisa and Selena Gomez used to wear Celine’s fur coat worth nearly 100 million VND. However, most of the encounters, Lisa was commented more sophisticated than Selena Gomez. Selena Gomez and Lisa many times wear the same clothes. Before that, on April 1, Daily Mail Post series of photos Selena Gomez on set Only Murders in the Building in New York, USA. The 29-year-old star makes light makeup and discreet clothing to keep her warm. About Lisa, over the past time, she is considered a fashion icon of Asian youth. The female idol’s hairstyle, outfit, and posing style are all followed by fans. Lisa’s appearance helps many brands are expensive. She used to be the face “best seller” to help the magazine Harper’s Bazaar Thailand quickly sold out 120,000 copies. Before that, the magazine was only estimated to sell 30,000 copies (double the usual volume).

Once short video appeared, it quickly occupied the market. According to statistics, as of December 2020, the number of short video users in China was 873 million, an increase of 100 million from March 2020, accounting for 88.3% of the total Internet users.

Due to the popularity of short videos, leading platforms such as Douyin and Kuaishou have a large amount of traffic every day, and traffic means more opportunities to make money. Compared with many people’s usual browsing of various information, they will see all kinds of vibrato, quick-hand-like and part-time and earn money advertisements when they scan Moments, listen to books, and scan Weibo. “You can do it with a mobile phone. Slogans such as “videos can make money”, “like it and earn some pocket money”, and other slogans continue to appear in our daily lives.

Recently, CCTV exposed a likes scam again. The woman gave a thumbs up and lost 300,000 yuan . This can’t help making people think. Scams about likes and scams are not uncommon, but many people are still deceived.

In fact, these scams for ordering and liking are all used Human weakness Come to cheat, and they all have certain routines. At the beginning, first pass Advertising makes people a little like the perception that they can make money Although this amount of money is not a lot, for some students or some moms, free time is relatively sufficient, and most people can’t resist the temptation to earn some pocket money through part-time jobs.

After that, by pulling you into the group, posting the task, the settlement will be settled for you soon when the task is completed, which will make people feel very Professional, reliable and trustworthy Yes, but this is obviously a way to put a long line to catch big fish.Finally, implement a series of scams and ask you Pay, pay training fees, buy members …

With the rise of short video, it has derived a variety of monetization methods, such as traffic monetization, official subsidies, advertising monetization, e-commerce delivery of goods, live broadcast rewards, platform signing, knowledge payment, IP derivatives, sales account monetization, etc., and so on. It is diverse.

We can choose these formal official channels to do part-time jobs and earn pocket money. At first glance, like the likes and orders, there is no technicality at all, and it is so easy to make money. Obviously, it is not reliable. There is no such thing as a pie in the world .

Source: GPLP Rhino Finance (ID: gplpcn)

On April 13, Meituan posted a response to the “campus loan” scam on its official Weibo.

Source: Weibo

Recently, some users reported to Meituan customer service that some related personnel claimed to be Meituan customer service, and indicated to users that they needed to “cancel campus loan account” and “change identity information”, and then took the opportunity to guide users to borrow money, transfer money, and so on. It is reported that such scammers will use international telephone area codes to pretend to be customer service calls. In addition, when they add the user WeChat, they will also publish the authorization certificate, work permit and other related documents that have been prepared in advance to increase the credibility.

On April 9, Meituan Security issued a warning on WeChat about fraud in the name of Meituan Financial Products. Four days later, the official WeChat account of Meituan reposted it and stated that Meituan Finance had never launched a “campus loan” product.

It is understood that there are four main types of credit products under Meituan Finance, the virtual credit payment product Meituan Monthly Payment, the consumer loan product Meituan Loan, the business loan product Meituan Business Loan, and the standard credit card product Meituan Co-branded Card.

It is worth noting that the black cat complaint platform showed that the C-end loan product Meituan’s living expenses was violently collected, intimidated, and the address book exploded by users’ complaints. The complaint revealed that Meituan’s third-party reminders continued to disturb the users’ relatives, colleagues, neighborhood committees and other irrelevant personnel when the user’s debt was overdue. Since April, users have more than 30 complaints about the collection behavior of Meituan.

Source: Black Cat Complaint Platform

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