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Chapter 143 They stole my house!
Those who habitually browse the chat section are basically social butterflies and introverted spies.

They are people with exceptional online social skills, and they are also the most popular on this forum.

The moderators of the general discussion section, needless to say.

He held the power of life and death over every user on the forum, so many people fawned over him on a daily basis.

Now, when he posts to ask for attention, as soon as his account is released, he immediately receives a constant stream of follower notifications.

Soon, his number of fans exceeded one hundred.

He didn't expect that after his fan count reached one hundred, even his name would turn into a light gold color with a small star icon at the end. Although he didn't understand what it meant, it was unique and made him feel very satisfied.

In response, he posted another message: "Brothers, I've surpassed 100 followers on Renren!"

Next, it's time for the highlighter.

The entire chat area was incredibly lively, with the number of topics more than doubling compared to the previous single-day record.

The technical staff only noticed the high activity level on the forum today, and busy writing code, they didn't pay attention to the specific content of the general discussion area.

However, a computer science student who had posted several posts and only had a little over forty followers saw the moderator of the chat section post two posts and gain over a hundred followers. He felt that the moderator was abusing his power to gain followers and made a sarcastic comment below: "What's so great about getting a hundred followers by relying on the moderator's power?"
He thought he would get a lot of responses after sending the reply, but when he refreshed the page (F5 refresh), he was furious.

His reply was deleted instantly!
He quickly replied in the same language, only to receive a notification: "Your account has been banned."

"That son of a bitch has gone too far!"

This person was Yang Siqi's junior in his second year of university. Although he was not Yang Siqi's subordinate, he was still a nodding acquaintance with Yang Siqi.

In a fit of anger, he went directly to Yang Siqi's dormitory to complain.

He knocked on the door and came in. Seeing that Yang Siqi was still sleeping in bed, he stood in the middle of the dormitory and said indignantly, "President Yang, you have to do something about that moderator in the chat section! He's abusing his position for personal gain, it's really too much!"

Yang Siqi opened her eyes, stretched, and yawned repeatedly as she asked him, "What's going on?"

The person then said, "The moderator of the 'flooding' section posted a thread asking for followers on Renren.com and even marked it as a 'featured' post. I told him that what he was doing was inappropriate, so he banned me!"

Yang Siqi, oblivious to the hidden danger, waved his hand and said, "It's no big deal. He's the moderator. What's the big deal about him adding a 'featured' post to his own?"

Yang Si naturally favored his own moderator.

Because moderators work for you for free, and in order to keep their positions, they have to curry favor with you every now and then.

Inviting guests to meals is a must, and sometimes they even offer cigarettes and water, showing great hospitality.

As for this junior in front of me, he's only a little more respectful when he sees me; he's not even one of my own.

Seeing that Yang Siqi didn't take it seriously, the man said with great distress, "President Yang, we frequent the Galo Forum precisely for its fairness, impartiality, and free discussion, right? As a moderator, it's one thing for him to abuse his position, but to ban me is just too much! If word gets out, the Galo Forum's image will be affected."

Yang Siqi was getting impatient and asked him, "He's a moderator who works for free and manages the forum every day. What's wrong with him adding a 'featured' status to his posts? You can't hold a grudge over such a small thing, can you? As for banning you, it's no big deal. You can just register a new account."

The young man who came to complain didn't realize that the other party's behavior was actually a way to drive traffic. He was just angry that the other party could use this method to quickly gain followers.
Seeing that Yang Siqi was not upholding justice, she said angrily, "President Yang, the Galo Forum has been made a mess by people like this. I might as well quit playing it. Anyway, I feel that Renren is much more fun than the Galo Forum!"

After saying that, he turned to leave.

Yang Siqi called out to him, "By the way, what is this Renren.com you mentioned?"

The kid said, "It's the campus printing shop that advertises on the Galo forum. They've created a website, it's really interesting."

Yang Siqi suddenly frowned. An on-campus printing shop? Isn't it a printing shop? How come it has a website?

So he pressed further, "What kind of website are they running?"

The young man looked puzzled: "You've been advertising for them for so long, how come you didn't know?"

Yang Siqi still didn't understand: "They're just a printing shop, didn't they just open today? And they're even offering free photo scanning, how are they connected to a website?"

The kid immediately said, "They scan photos for free and automatically upload them to the school's intranet. We found the website interesting when we went to check out the photos, so we started playing around with it. And then your moderator..."

"Holy shit!" Before he could finish speaking, Yang Siqi sprang up from the bed and frantically went to turn on his computer.

Originally, in his view, the on-campus printing shop was nothing more than a rich fool who hired a few freshmen for five thousand yuan a month and made money by scanning photos for free. How could they possibly make money?
However, when he suddenly heard that they had also set up a website that was linked to free photo scanning, he felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

If they're just a printing shop, they pose no threat. But if they also have a website, what does it mean to have my ads displayed for them for thirteen days?!

Upon opening the website, he immediately asked the person, "What is their website address?"

The man then said, "It's xiaonei.com, the full pinyin."

Yang Siqi felt even more uneasy. A double-character domain name—this was a well-prepared move!
When I opened the school's intranet, it prompted me that I needed to register to browse.

Yang Siqi was reluctant to create a registered user account for the other party, but she was also very nervous and uneasy, so she gritted her teeth and registered an account.

However, after registering an account, he did not complete the information. Instead, he wanted to go in and learn about the functions and design as soon as possible to see what the product's positioning was.

However, he did not expect that although he did not complete the information, because his registered IP was at Jiangda University, the campus network automatically recommended a batch of users whose registered IP was also at Jiangda University.

Yang Siqi immediately recognized many familiar faces, because these days, besides teachers, only students from the Computer Science Department could access the internet via the school's IP address, since only the Computer Science Department's dormitories had access to the campus network.

Therefore, most of the users who registered on the Jiangda IP address campus network were from the School of Computer Science, including several people Yang Siqi knew.

He panicked immediately, then quickly opened the Galo Forum, glanced at the general discussion section, and felt a wave of dizziness wash over him, as if the sky were about to collapse.

The entire chat area was filled with posts from people who followed each other on campus, and each one had dozens or even hundreds of replies. In particular, the moderator's two highlighted posts each had hundreds of replies.

He then realized that the moderator he had just been favoring was actually leading the way in the spam section!

He finally realized that the school's intranet was not a printing shop at all, but was actually targeting the Galo Forum!

The worst part is that I was completely fooled by them, and I spent 10,000 yuan to put up ads for them for thirteen days!

Thirteen days!

I wonder how many users of the Galo forum will be stolen by this Renren network!
This school's online community, with just 10,000 yuan, stole your own home!
Enraged, he immediately called the technical lead and said, "Delete all posts related to the word 'Xiaonei' from the backend immediately, and ban all users who posted or participated in the discussion, right now!"

The technician, puzzled, ran a search in the database and replied, "There are over eighty topics, with 1,200 users participating in the discussion. Should we block them all?"

Yang Siqi was shocked and blurted out, "Of these 1,200 people, how many are online?!"

"1,100 people are online."

Yang Siqi was horrified!

There are over 1,200 people discussing this topic, with 1,100 online. This shows that the topic is currently very engaging. If these 1,100 people continue chatting, who knows how many more users will be drawn away by Renren.com!

Without hesitation, he immediately said, "These people are all active. Ban them all immediately! Also, add a screening feature. Anyone who dares to post the words 'school network' should be immediately blocked and their account banned!"

The technicians asked him, "President Yang, isn't this too harsh? These users are basically our daily active users. If we ban them, the forum's daily active users will decrease by 30%!"

Yang Siqi angrily rebuked, "They're diverting users! If this continues, all the users will be siphoned away! Shut them down immediately!"

At this moment, everyone on the Galo forum was busy leaving messages in different posts and following each other.

Unexpectedly, my account was suddenly banned, and all the content about Renren.com on the forum disappeared.

Even the moderator of the chat section didn't expect that his account would be banned.

He immediately called Yang Siqi to inquire about the situation. Yang Siqi was furious, and upon receiving the call, he immediately berated him: "Have you lost your mind?! You're actually directing traffic to other websites on the Galo Forum! Do you know how much this affects the Galo Forum?!"

The other person didn't understand why Yang Siqi was criticizing them right away, and couldn't help but say, "President Yang, you were the ones who put up the advertisement for the school's printing club. We were just discussing it and finding some classmates to follow each other. How did that become driving traffic to other websites? If anyone's driving traffic, it's you who are driving traffic, isn't it?"

Yang Siqi had already lost his temper. He realized he had been completely fooled and was furious. The thought that the other party was trying to shift the blame onto him made him blurt out, "Fuck you!"

After hanging up the phone, he immediately called to his roommates, "Let's go! To the shopping street!"

(End of this chapter)