Cyworld 'Memory Search' Draws Crowd... 4 Million Users Access in 11 Hours

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] The news of the reopening of the nostalgic community Cyworld drew a crowd. Right after the service launch, traffic surged, causing delays in access.

According to Cyworld Jet, the operator of Cyworld, as of 3:20 AM on the 3rd, 11 hours after launching the ID recovery and photo viewing services at 4:20 PM on the 2nd, the cumulative number of unique visitors exceeded 4 million. A company official stated, "The peak number of accesses per second reached up to 1,700, and has since stabilized at around 100 to 300 accesses per second."

Currently, when users log into Cyworld and complete real-name verification, they can see the number of acorns, BGM, posts, videos, and photos they left in the past, along with one previously uploaded photo and its date. However, the priority is given to members who have visited Cyworld at least once since January 1, 2015 (18 million members).

Among the 4 million visitors, about 2.18 million successfully found their ID and completed real-name verification, while about 1.82 million did not succeed. A company representative said, "The number of members who visited before January 1, 2015, is 14 million," adding, "We plan to decide on services for these users based on the trend of this service."

Before resuming the service, Cyworld restored 18 billion photos and 160 million videos. Initially, Cyworld planned to launch login and photo viewing services on the 5th of last month, but postponed it by a month to prepare against overseas hacking attacks.

Cyworld Jet, which acquired the operating rights of Cyworld earlier this year amid financial difficulties, has been pushing for the service relaunch, but development delays have pushed back the schedule.

The company plans to check the automatic ID recovery and login services over the next two weeks and finalize the beta and official service schedules.

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