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are a lot of Facebook and Instagram now, but in the early and mid-2000s, native SNS and Cyworld were the most popular.
However, it seemed that the memories of 32 million members disappeared as the business closed last year, but they are preparing for a recent resurrection.
Reporter Shin Jung-eun reports.
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"I entrusted my body and soul to these headphones. Music is the only drug allowed in the country."
Cyworld, which gained popularity in the early and mid-2000s, had a cumulative number of 32 million members.
There are 17 billion uploaded photos and 150 million videos.
[Seoeun Choi/Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul: If you give acorn to someone you like and take a picture, you cover your face and blur it.
Draw cat ears and put them up...
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Cyworld insisted on a PC-centric environment and was greatly pushed by global social media such as Facebook.
After a business crisis, the company closed in May of last year, and a lawsuit was filed over the issue of unpaid employee wages.
However, recently, a new corporation'Cyworld Z'bought the right to operate Cyworld.
I'm half anticipation and half worry about whether Cyworld,'Native SNS' preparing for resurrection, will regain its former glory.
[Lee Ji-yeon/Namdong-gu, Incheon: I think I will try to save old memories with curiosity, but there are many other SNS these days...
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Cyworld has several challenges to solve in order not to step on the path of failure again.
I took a question from citizens and visited it.
Server work is in full swing at the developer's office with the goal of resuming the first service in June.
Q. Can I find photos and videos?
[Kwang-jin Choi/CEO of Cyworld Z Developer: It is preserved as it is, and it will be opened as it is when the service is resumed this time.]
Q. Will you operate the mini-room as it was in the past?
[Choi Kwang-jin/Cyworld Z developer representative: The core is the perfect reproduction of the existing Cyworld.
Representative functions such as mini-room, mini-me, and martial arts are optimized for the mobile version...
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To compete with global players, you need to diversify your services to be mobile-friendly.
Cyworld Z said that it is considering purchasing the trademark'Acorn' owned by SKT.
In addition, we are working with game companies to introduce a game that evokes memories on the mini-homepage.
(Video coverage: Lee Seung-hwan, video editing: Hwang Ji-young, CG: Park Dong-soo, Jung Hyun-jung)