Mop.com
{{Short description|Chinese bulletin board system}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = MOP
| logo = Mop.com (logo).gif
| logo size = 256px
| screenshot =
| caption = Logo for Mop.com
| collapsible = Yes
| language = Chinese (Some parts are in English)
| genre = Forum
| website = {{URL|http://www.mop.com/}}
}}MOP (Chinese: 猫扑) is a Chinese bulletin board system (BBS). Though popular in China, it is often a source of controversy. The site was created in October 1997.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} There are 28 million users on MOP.[http://www.iresearch.com.cn/html/online_community/detail_views_id_45281.html 猫扑和天涯虚拟社区覆盖近一半的网络社区用户]，艾瑞市场咨询，2007年6月16日 Mop and Tianya share the internet community users。 In the past, Mop has been called Mop Station (猫扑大客栈) and Mop Planet (猫扑大星球).
History
Mop.com was created by Zhe Tian, who went by the moniker "Mop". He stepped down from his administrative positions in 2002 following a series of large updates that were carried out on the website.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
Originally created for the discussion of console games, the website expanded to cover PC games after receiving requests for it.
Mop has created several Chinese Internet slang, such as YY (yì yín (意淫), fantasizing), 233 (laughing out loud, Mop's 233rd emoji was a laughing emoji) and Orz (a bowing position), among others.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
In 2005, Mop.com acquired IT news website DoNews.{{cite web|url=http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2005-12-30/2014807939.shtml|title=30日20时30分猫扑与Donews高管将披露收购细节|publisher=新浪网|date=2005-12-30|accessdate=2009-12-01}} The merge of Mop and Donews in detail
Exposure of Internet Regulation Operation
On January 5, 2009, Mop's section "Beautiful Ladies" was reported to the China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre.{{cite web | publisher =中国网 | script-title =zh:全国整治互联网低俗之风第一批曝光网站名单 | url =http://net.china.com.cn/qzl/txt/2009-01/05/content_2668340.htm | author =互联网违法和不良信息举报中心 | date =2009-01-05 | accessdate =2009-10-16 | language =zh | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20090819161129/http://net.china.com.cn/qzl/txt/2009-01/05/content_2668340.htm | archivedate =2009-08-19 }} List of websites needed to be improved and rectified On January 8, 2009, Mop.com was listed by the Chinese government on "websites for further improvement and rectification."{{cite web | publisher =中国网 | script-title =zh:关于全国整治互联网低俗之风专项行动第一批曝光网站整治情况的通报 | url =http://net.china.com.cn/qzl/txt/2009-01/08/content_2677688.htm | author =互联网违法和不良信息举报中心 | date =2009-01-08 | accessdate =2009-10-16 | language =zh | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20090805035516/http://net.china.com.cn/qzl/txt/2009-01/08/content_2677688.htm | archivedate =2009-08-05 }}List of websites needed to be censored