Mop.com


mop.com is the name of a Chinese bulletin board system. Though popular in China, it has been cited as a source of controversy.
MOP The website has been called 猫扑大客栈、猫扑大星球, but then changed back to 猫扑.

History

Mop.com was created by Zhe Tian, who went under the moniker "Mop". He stepped down from administrative positions in 2002 following a series of large updates carried out on the website. Since then, the website has had multiple changes to its administrative team.
Originally created for the discussion of console games such as those on the Xbox and PS3, the website soon expanded to cover PC games after receiving suggestions for it. Since then, they have grown, and continue to grow through community feedback. Its development also saw the creation of numerous internet slang, such as YY, 233 and Orz, amongst others.
In 2005, Mop.com officially acquired IT news website DoNews.

Exposure of Internet Regulation Operation

On January 5, 2009, Mop's section "Beautiful Ladies" was reported to China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre. Also on January 8, 2009, Mop was listed as "Websites needed to be continually censored" by the government.