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Egloos is a South Korean blog host, established in 2003. Its current owner, SK Communications, claims it to be a professional publishing system.[1] The ISP acquired the service in 2006.[2]
Type of site | Blog Host |
|---|---|
| Available in | Korean |
| Owner | ZUM Internet |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Free Ended 13 March 2023 |
| Launched | 23 June 2003 |
| Current status | Active |
The name "Egloo" is derived from the word "igloo" and represents a personal online home for its users' lives.[3]
Egloos's website states that service will end on 16 June 2023.
Users edit
The site is reported to have around 1 million users,[4] but lost users to foreign blogging sites in 2009 due to concerns regarding the South Korean government's monitoring of its citizens: "Since April 1 (2009), the government mandated Internet users to make verifiable real-name registrations on all Web sites with more than 100,000 daily visitors, which means they have to submit their resident registration codes, the Korean equivalent of social security numbers" web-browsing behavior.[5]
Egloos' users are often Koreans with an intensive interest in IT-related interests, with anime and manga featured throughout (known as otaku in Japan).
Valley system edit
Egloos uses a unique, theme-based system called "valley", whereby bloggers can choose to adopt and publish their blog postings under pre-existing themes (valleys). Valleys can also be created by user demand. As of 2012, Egloos hosts 29 valleys.[citation needed]
Censorship edit
The Blog allowed censorship of the posting censored by the site administrator under certain circumstances. However, Egloos users have complained about the fairness of the censoring process, as site administrators have been able to censor content based upon a request from anyone reading the blogs.[11]
References edit
- ^ "Our Company". SK Communications (in Korean and English). SK Communications. 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ "전문 블로그 이글루스, 15억에 네이트 품으로". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ Channy Yun (20 April 2005). "Egloos". KoreaCrunch. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ^ "얼음집, 싸이월드로 개조되는 거 아냐". OhmyNews (in Korean). 8 March 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ Kim Tong-hyung (27 April 2009). "Google Avoids Regulations, Korean Portals Not So Lucky". The Korea Times (in English and Korean). Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ De facto Light novel valley
- ^ De facto Anime valley
- ^ De facto conservative valley
- ^ Some animation are focused on this valley. for example, Pixar.
- ^ Not only manga, but also manhwa and American comics.
- ^ 카카루. "카카루 씨, 아침입니다". carucaru.egloos.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.