<s>
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Chinese	O
online	B-Application
forum	I-Application
hosted	O
by	O
the	O
Chinese	O
web	O
services	O
company	O
Baidu	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
was	O
established	O
on	O
December	O
3	O
,	O
2003	O
as	O
an	O
online	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
that	O
heavily	O
integrates	O
Baidu	B-Application
's	O
search	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
may	O
search	O
for	O
a	O
topic	O
of	O
interest	O
forum	B-Application
known	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
bar	O
"	O
which	O
will	O
then	O
be	O
created	O
if	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
exist	O
already	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
accumulated	O
45	O
million	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
as	O
of	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
its	O
total	O
registered	O
users	O
reached	O
1.5	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
has	O
23,254,173	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
uses	O
forums	B-Application
called	O
bars	O
as	O
a	O
place	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
socially	O
interact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
slogan	O
of	O
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
is	O
"	O
Born	O
for	O
your	O
interest	O
"	O
(	O
Chinese	O
:	O
为兴趣而生	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Alexa	O
Internet	O
,	O
traffic	O
to	O
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
makes	O
up	O
more	O
than	O
10%	O
of	O
the	O
total	O
traffic	O
to	O
Baidu	B-Application
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beyond	O
regular	O
text	O
posts	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
allows	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
polls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
2010	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
allowed	O
anonymous	O
posting	O
,	O
displaying	O
only	O
the	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
of	O
the	O
poster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
is	O
no	O
exception	O
and	O
warns	O
users	O
against	O
the	O
dangers	O
of	O
spreading	O
false	O
information	O
,	O
suggesting	O
it	O
is	O
done	O
for	O
notoriety	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
commercial	O
and	O
political	O
gain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
25	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
began	O
internal	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
of	O
the	O
paste	O
bar	O
came	O
from	O
Yu	O
Jun	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Application
's	O
Chief	O
Product	O
Designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
paste	O
bar	O
was	O
combined	O
with	O
the	O
Baidu	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	O
,	O
to	O
build	O
an	O
online	O
communication	O
platform	O
,	O
letting	O
people	O
communicate	O
to	O
those	O
with	O
similar	O
interests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
25	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
Barzhu	O
Bar	O
became	O
an	O
official	O
platform	O
of	O
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
,	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
communication	O
between	O
the	O
owners	O
of	O
different	O
bars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
15	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Tieba	B-Language
Cloud	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
updated	O
its	O
interface	O
,	O
switching	O
from	O
a	O
simple	O
reply-by-sequence	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
into	O
a	O
more	O
complicated	O
reply-in-same-floor	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
interface	O
,	O
new	O
functionalities	O
such	O
as	O
rankings	O
,	O
more	O
expressive	O
pictures	O
,	O
and	O
allowing	O
administrators	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
background	O
images	O
of	O
Tieba	B-Language
,	O
were	O
also	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
13	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
topics	O
posted	O
in	O
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
before	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
2017	O
were	O
hidden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Baidu	B-Application
official	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
topics	O
are	O
hidden	O
temporarily	O
due	O
to	O
“	O
system	O
maintenance	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
has	O
become	O
a	O
popular	O
comprehensive	O
forum	B-Application
in	O
China	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
users	O
actively	O
posting	O
,	O
replying	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
and	O
interacting	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baidu	B-Application
Postbar	O
is	O
the	O
international	O
version	O
of	O
Baidu	B-Language
Tieba	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
expand	O
its	O
commercial	O
domain	O
,	O
Baidu	B-Application
Postbar	O
has	O
been	O
introduced	O
to	O
several	O
countries	O
listed	O
below	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
Baidu	B-Application
Postbar	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
all	O
logins	O
are	O
disabled	O
on	O
the	O
Vietnamese	O
version	O
of	O
Baidu	B-Application
Postbar	O
.	O
</s>
