Zhihu Salt

Zhihu Salt (知乎盐选) is a paid-content offering associated with Zhihu. Zhihu is described as a high-quality Chinese-language Q&A community and an original content platform where creators gather, officially launched in January 2011, with the brand mission of letting people better share knowledge, experience and insights and find their own answers. The platform is characterized by a serious, professional and friendly community atmosphere, distinctive product mechanisms, and structured, easily accessible quality content, and it has built a community-driven content monetization business model.

Zhihu, the platform associated with Zhihu Salt, was officially launched in January 2011. According to its official site, it operates as a high-quality Chinese-language Q&A community and an original content platform where creators gather, with the brand mission of letting people better share knowledge, experience and insights and find their own answers. The platform has built a community-driven content monetization business model.

• 2019

  Zhihu Salt is established as Zhihu's paid premium content and membership brand.

• 2011

  Zhihu officially launches in January as a Chinese-language Q&A community and original content platform.

• Zhihu Salt membership

  Subscription unlocking curated paid stories, columns, and knowledge content.

• Paid stories and serialized fiction

  Narrative fiction and non-fiction offered behind the membership.

• Expert columns

  Premium columns from creators and experts on Zhihu.

• 2022

  Zhihu Yanxuan membership accused of long-term auto-renewal without users' knowledge

  In March 2022, Sina Tech and other media reported that many users complained that Zhihu Yanxuan membership had been automatically renewed and charged for a long time without clear reminders; some users discovered only months or even years later and encountered obstacles when seeking refunds, drawing criticism that it was “making a fortune quietly.” The report cited the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Transactions, saying platforms should remind users prominently before auto-renewal and must not treat users' non-response as consent; violators may be ordered to correct and fined between 5,000 and 30,000 yuan. Impact and handling: no public information was seen of regulators imposing a penalty on Zhihu. Status: media report. Subject: Beijing Zhizhe Tianxia Technology Co., Ltd. (Zhihu). Scope: Zhihu Yanxuan membership auto-renewal.

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2. 2Zhihu Yanxuan membership accused of long-term auto-renewal without users' knowledgefinance.sina.cn
3. 3Zhihu Yanxuan membership accused of long-term auto-renewal without users' knowledgenews.qq.com