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Chapter 345 Whitelist System

Qin Shaoyan is worrying about his huge wealth, and the battle over campus networks on the domestic Internet is becoming increasingly intense.

The development of this wave of public opinion against Campus Network and Qvod was beyond the expectations of the initiators. It was originally aimed at Qvod, but in the end it was mainly Campus Network that was criticized.

Apart from those who started the trend, the rest have ulterior motives and are just unhappy with the campus network. Of course, the ones who contribute the most are peers from other social networking sites.

After all, the naked hatred is between colleagues.

The campus network was established less than two years ago, but it has become more and more powerful. It has dominated the field of social networking sites, relying on the special area of ​​the campus to expand rapidly, and then spreading virally to attract new users.

From high school students to white-collar workers who have graduated for several years, everyone goes to the campus to register an account online.

The campus network is no longer limited to the campus area, but has attracted users from all over the society.

There are forums, topic groups, and hot search squares, and lucky draw promotions are held from time to time. The e-commerce business is booming.

Compared to other social networking websites, it does not have as many functions and can only rely on advertising to make money.

When I was envious and jealous and saw that the campus network was in trouble, I immediately followed suit and spent money to buy negative articles to discredit the campus network.

Apart from the hardest-working peers, the majority of the remaining crowd are just spectators who come to watch the fun and are not afraid of trouble.

The general public is still very naive. Faced with this kind of public opinion offensive, they will naturally choose the side with the loudest voice.

Even on the campus network website, there have been many critical comments, saying that the campus network is indeed not inclusive and open enough.

The senior executives who stayed behind at the campus network were extremely anxious when they saw the situation, but they did not dare to delete the posts at will, so they could only watch the campus network being criticized.

Two days later, the anxious executives finally received Mr. Qin's order.

Under the instructions of President Qin, the campus network quickly issued an announcement to the entire network.

First of all, we would like to apologize for causing such a big dispute and unintentionally occupying the public opinion resources of the Internet. The campus network deeply regrets.

Then it was clarified that the campus network has never banned sharing links from other video sites.

It is not possible to post shared videos from other video sites on the campus network. The main reason is that there are background technical issues and the interfaces of other video sites are not compatible.

The campus network expressed deep regret for not being able to share the success due to technical reasons, and said that after the establishment of Qvod, it had actively cooperated with the campus network. The two parties quickly agreed on technical standards and achieved mutual trust in technology, which led to the current perfect cooperation.

However, other video websites refused to cooperate with the campus network and had no effective communication channels, which led to technical problems and caused misunderstandings among the public.

The campus network will actively improve its technology and establish a smooth communication mechanism with friendly companies to jointly create a good, open and inclusive Internet social platform.

Of course, the announcement did not mention the lawyer's letter at the end, but only tactfully stated that the recent public opinion on the Internet was the result of someone trying to sow discord and intentionally undermine the relationship between the campus network and its competitors.

The campus network’s legal department is taking active action. If there are further malicious slanderers, the campus network will use legal weapons to protect its own reputation and that of its competitors.

As soon as this announcement was released, ordinary people suddenly realized that the campus network could not share other video websites due to technical problems.

It turned out that we had wrongly blamed the campus network, so the onlookers, out of guilt, immediately deleted the comments they had previously written criticizing the campus network, and then helped to forward the rumors.

The announcement can only fool the innocent spectators, but it certainly cannot fool peers and tech-savvy haters.

What technical standards are needed for sharing videos on campus networks?
Isn't this pure bullshit?
Moreover, the campus network never told us about this, and now they are blaming us for not communicating. Isn’t this turning the tables?

Must spray back!
So people who understand technology went out to post on blogs, Tianya, and Mop, refuting the whitewashing remarks about the so-called "technical problem" of the campus network. It's just a shared link, what special technology is required?
This announcement on the campus network is a complete distortion of the truth, has sinister intentions, and is deceiving everyone.

However, before this wave of public opinion arose, Zhang Pingyi, the vice president and CTO of the campus network, spoke out.

He created the campus network. As someone who has participated in the development of Facebook and YouTube, Zhang Pingyi is also a veritable technical authority in the industry.

Zhang Pingyi said that the issue of sharing links is not to deceive everyone, but to regulate what users share to prevent high-risk website attacks.

At the same time, the campus network has established a whitelist system, and only the sharing links on the list are considered safe by default and can be shared at will.

This is something we learned from Facebook; that's what Facebook does.

Those who claimed to be knowledgeable about technology fell silent in an instant and stopped talking about the technical problems of the campus network.

Then traditional media began to enter the market and took over the rhythm of public opinion. The article began by analyzing the recent campus network public opinion and asked whether the campus network was rejecting other video websites.
According to the explanation of the campus network, this is obviously a simple technical issue, but it has been elevated to an issue of tolerance and openness by people with ulterior motives.

What's more, Facebook in the United States does this, and the campus network is doing this to actively learn from international Internet companies and standardize technology.

The implication is that all Americans do this, so who dares to criticize that it is wrong?

The article then changed its tone and began to write in a stereotyped style, criticizing the Chinese people, saying that they were easily influenced by rumors, lacked basic scientific knowledge, and needed to improve their knowledge. It also criticized the domestic education problems.

This is all caused by the exam-oriented education. We should focus on quality-oriented education and let students learn knowledge such as programming early, then this problem will not occur.

How is this country still traditional? I wonder what the routine is.

Then came the praise for the campus network, describing it as a model of openness and inclusiveness that not only accommodated middle school and college students, but also working users and even fans of “Super Girls.”

Such a website is neither open nor inclusive. Are there any other websites that are open and inclusive?
So, without naming any names, I gave several social media platforms as examples of how users on those platforms excluded people outside their circle.

We call on everyone to learn from the campus network and adopt an inclusive and open attitude, so that the website can grow stronger.

The campus network was cleared of all charges by public opinion at this point, but the matter is not over yet.

The traditional media's pace of whitewashing continues, starting with criticism of industry competition and lamenting the lack of century-old brands in the country, with all kinds of criticism.

Afterwards, some media outlets did something drastic and created a news story about exports being converted to domestic sales.

A reporter wrote an article on a domestic blog titled "How Campus Network Public Opinion Storms Affect the Business Environment", translated it into English and then posted it on a foreign blog site.

Then the domestic media used this as a basis to claim that the public opinion storm on the campus network had attracted the attention of the American media, which was definitely destroying the business environment.

As soon as the report came out, everyone was shocked. It turned out that the public opinion was so serious this time.

Soon the administrative agency took action and called together several CEOs of video websites and campus network executives.

The leader said that industry competition must abide by discipline and order, and any problems should be actively communicated and resolved. If they cannot be resolved, leaders of relevant departments can be consulted for mediation, and the Internet should not be disrupted.

Although no one was named, several people who were secretly causing trouble were criticized.

Finally, the leader encouraged the campus network, saying that the campus network was doing very well, especially the sharing whitelist, which had contributed to creating a good and harmonious Internet environment. He asked them to go back and write a report and submit it.

At that time, there was no firewall on the domestic Internet, no Net Cleanup Campaign, and no Green Dam or anything like that.

The things on the Internet are really colorful and chaotic. The content on large websites is supervised by administrative agencies, while small and medium-sized websites rely entirely on their own consciousness.

The leaders thought the whitelist system of the campus network was very good and approved of the practice of the campus network. They suggested that other websites could learn from the "whitelist system."

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Wang Jun returned from the relevant department in great fear and trepidation, and immediately called President Qin to report the situation.

Qin Shaoyan tried to comfort him, "It's just a talk and tea. We are the victims. What do you have to be afraid of?"

"The leaders all think the whitelist is a good idea. Then you can write a report and give it to me. I will polish it when I return to China, and then I will go to the leaders myself. You don't have to worry about it."

“Have you added a review mechanism for sharing?”

"Very good. After the user shares, a prompt will pop up, indicating that the content is under review. Try again later. After the user submits three times, it will be approved."

"After sharing, make it hidden so that only the user can see it. No one else can see it unless he actively sends the link to others."

“If users ask why, just say it’s a review issue.”

"Okay, that's it for now."

Qin Shaoyan put down the phone, looked at the Colosseum in the distance, and asked casually, "Have the students arrived?"

"The flight has landed and will arrive soon." Secretary Chen replied.

"Let's go and welcome them."

(End of this chapter)