土豆网 / Tudou
Tudou is the early Chinese video platform founded by 王微 / Wang Wei (Tudou) and highlighted in No.204 互联网视频平台混战：从后舍男生到漫长的季节 | 中国互联网故事21 as the more creator-community-oriented counterpart to 优酷 / Youku. The episode emphasizes its “everyone is a director” positioning, early UGC culture, and role in surfacing web-native creators.
Tudou’s story also shows how capital timing and legal risk shaped platform fate. Wang Wei’s divorce dispute slowed its IPO window, the company listed later than Youku, then merged with Youku in 2012 as copyright costs and content spending intensified.
期权这张饼，为什么越来越难吃了？ reuses Tudou as a listing-window warning. The source says a legal dispute before IPO can do more than delay paperwork: it can change valuation, market timing, and the strategic path available to the company.
Connections
- 王微 / Wang Wei (Tudou) — founder.
- UGC To Professional Creator Pipeline — Tudou’s strongest wiki contribution.
- 后舍男生 / Houshe Nansheng, 胡戈 / Hu Ge, 叫兽易小星 / Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing, 卢正雨 / Lu Zhengyu, and 杨宇 / 饺子 / Yang Yu — creator cases linked to early web-video culture.
- Online Video Copyright Regime and Chinese Long-Video Platform Economics — forces that reduced independent-platform room.
- Startup Timing Windows and Hong Kong IPO Liquidity Path - timing and liquidity frames reinforced by the employee-options source.