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Meituan

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Successful Knock-Off Social Platform

A group of people in China, inspired by Facebook, created a knock-off social platform and successfully convinced many Chinese students to start using it. The platform became so popular that they had to buy more servers, even though they couldn't afford it. Despite being a knock-off, the platform thrived, and the group tried to raise money unsuccessfully.

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