Taobao

I’m fascinated by these experiments that give power back to the users and let them make decisions on platform rules and in individual disputes. While most of the jury features were discontinued after just a few years, they nevertheless provide interesting insight into basic human behavior on the internet and the nature of grassroots governance. One of the oldest programs was from Alibaba, the e-commerce giant. From 2012 to 2018, Alibaba allowed any user, whether a seller or a buyer, to vote on inappropriate behaviors on…

Alibaba's online shopping platforms Taobao and Tmall cancelled their annual December 12 shopping festival and will instead host another shopping spree called 'year-end good price' in December, according to notices on the platforms' websites on Friday.The dates of the new festival were not included in the notice, which was posted in a help section for platform merchants. Alibaba did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the change.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

China's e-commerce market was valued at $2 trillion in 2022, according to GlobalData, and the country also has a rapidly growing middle class, making it an attractive market for American companies.Amazon entered the China market in 2004 through a $75 million acquisition of Joyo.com, an online book and media seller. The joint venture rebranded to Amazon China at the domain Amazon.cn in 2011.E-commerce giants Alibaba Group and JD.com, which both own and operate some of the largest and most trusted business-to-consumer…

I recently talked about this with Lin Zhang, assistant professor of communications and media studies at the University of New Hampshire and author of a new book: The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy. Based on a decade of research and interviews, the book explores the rise and social impact of Chinese people who have succeeded (at least temporarily) as entrepreneurs, particularly those working within the digital economy. In the not-so-distant past, China was obsessed with…

Reuters: China's internet watchdog publishes a list of 30 algorithms used in popular apps, including Wechat, Taobao, and Douyin, with brief descriptions of their use — China's top internet watchdog said on Friday tech giants such as Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group have submitted details … Reuters: China's internet watchdog publishes a list of 30 algorithms used in popular apps, including Wechat, Taobao, and Douyin, with brief descriptions of their use — China's top…

Zeyi Yang / MIT Technology Review: All three of China's top livestreaming influencers on Taobao have gone dark in recent months amid increasing government scrutiny on e-commerce livestreaming — Three top livestreaming personalities on the platform Taobao commanded legions of fans who bought billions of dollars' worth of goods—until they suddenly went dark. Zeyi Yang / MIT Technology Review: All three of China's top livestreaming influencers on Taobao have gone dark in recent months amid…