Plurk was Ripped Off by Microsoft China
Remember the news about a social networking site in China that’s a Facebook ripoff (previously known as xiaonei.com, now renren.com)? Well, I am not expecting Microsoft China to rip-off Plurk, but they just did. Plurk is amongst the popular microblogging services used by Filipinos.
Microsoft China’s microblogging service is dubbed as Microsoft China MSN Club. You can check out the actual website here.
By checking one of the featured profiles on the front page, you will notice that it has used Plurk’s exact UI design. Plurk’s dev team also noted that it has used 80 percent of its codebase.
It sounds ironic that the software giant, Microsoft, has done something like this to think that they are against piracy.
Check out the official blog post of the Plurk team regarding this issue.