QQ is testing a "friend expansion" feature similar to the message in a bottle, is it again getting involved in stranger social networking?

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Recently, QQ launched a stranger social portal called "Expand List" similar to the drift bottle. It is currently only being tested in a small range and there is no plan to officially announce it to the public.

It is reported that the entrance to "expand your list" is placed in a more conspicuous position on QQ. Unlike the message in a bottle, expanding your list is a gathering place for those born after 2000. Users can quickly expand their relationships based on their personal needs and interests.

According to QQ data, as of 15:00 on the 13th, 710,000 people have joined the expansion. On the expansion page, a popular space post has 71,000 likes and 8k interactions (likes + comments).

In addition to expanding relationships, you can also expand like-minded people, that is, provide users classified according to interest tags, and users can add like-minded netizens through targeted search tags. The "limited time chat" function is similar to WeChat's "nearby people". Users have 10 opportunities to match two items every day. QQ recommends chat topics, and the time limit is 3 minutes. Once the time is up, the chat will be closed.

On December 1, 2018, due to the proliferation of advertisements, the WeChat team announced that it would temporarily shut down the WeChat Drift Bottle and QQ Mail Drift Bottle related services. This feature was once considered Tencent's attempt at stranger social networking.

The launch of “Expand List” may be another “attack” by Tencent on the field of stranger social networking.