Xu Yi (Chinese: ; pinyin: X Y, known on the internet as "9bishi") founded Bilibili in 2009, inspired by similar video sharing websites Nico Nico Douga and AcFun. Xu Yi was an AcFun user at the time and wanted to build a better website than AcFun. He spent three days developing a prototype website called Mikufans.cn as a Hatsune Miku fandom community. As it grew, he reshaped the website to specialise in video sharing and launched it on 14 January 2010 under the name Bilibili, which is the…
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