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## [It Takes A Village](https://www.mike-walsh.com/media/bid/52827/It-Takes-A-Village)

Posted by [Mike Walsh](https://www.mike-walsh.com/news/author/mike-walsh)

 Jan 17, 2011 4:39:00 AM

![Forbes Asia](https://www.mike-walsh.com/hs-fs/file-15808442-jpg/images/forbes_asia.jpg?width=250&height=339&name=forbes_asia.jpg)People in emerging markets use social networking in very different ways, according to Michael Walsh, a Hong Kong social-media strategist who runs a consumer research lab called Tomorrow. "Koprol is conceptually different from Western platforms because it is mapped to an East Asian style of socializing. It's no surprise it might exert a great deal of influence all over the developing world, and soon."

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