When a platform can benefit the people, then it’ll take on a life of its own

If WeChat replaces SMS, then what are the market’s needs in the SMS era

My thought was very simple at that time – I wanted to make a communication tool for myself and others to use

I feel that Moments is the backbone of online socialization for Chinese people. It’s possible that it is China’s most effective social tool. It currently has so many users and visits every day. It feels like checking Moments is a routine task to complete one’s daily requirement for socialization. Maybe a user didn’t leave their house all day, but... See more

Moreover, I’ve always seen myself as a product manager, not a business manager. I believe this is necessary, because a good product requires a certain degree of ‘dictatorship’, otherwise it will embody all sorts of different, conflicting opinions and its personality will become fragmented.

You spend half an hour every day walking through the town square. While walking, you see groups of people chatting and discussing different things as you pass. You know these people, and you can stop and join their discussion. You also realize that you know every single person in the group.

You can go over to say ‘hi’ or join them for a while. You... See more

Everyone in our team has developed a habit of ensuring every feature and every service has a meaning or a dream behind it. If a feature is made for just gaining traffic, and it doesn’t provide value to users, then it’ll have problems, it won’t last. We think about the meaning behind every detail of everything we do. This is a reason we’ve been able... See more

The number of users is always limited, service is unlimited... In times like this, innovation is the only solution for the future... So, finding what kind of needs users will have in the future is our objective as we sit at one billion users.

Users will continue to change every year. We’ll face new users and new needs.