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Is homegrown Cyworld giving in to Facebook?

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  • Published Oct 7, 2011 7:05 pm KST
  • Updated Oct 7, 2011 7:05 pm KST

By Yoon Ja-young

Cyworld, a local social networking service (SNS) that led the market for the past decade, is threatened by Facebook. The number of monthly visitors to the site was beaten by Facebook for the first time, according to recent statistics.

According to Rankey.com, 15.9 million visited Cyworld Mini Hompy, an abbreviated homepage service, as of August, which