Youths chat or pay their way to adulation

Editor's Note: The latest craze among Chinese youths is "kuakua" online chat groups, especially on WeChat, whose members respond positively to whatever you say. In Chinese, kua literally means to praise. Apart from the free praise you can receive from your fellow college students or internet friends, you can also purchase "compliments" from e-commerce platforms such as Taobao. Three experts share their views on this new social craze with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Youths' channel to vent stress and frustration

As a kind of new sub-culture platform popular among youths, the "kuakua" phenomenon can be seen as an outlet for young people, especially those born after 1985, to give vent to their anxiety and frustration. Given the increasing difficulty in finding suitable jobs because of the slowing economy that has also affected internet companies, college graduates born after 1985 have been under a lot of pressure.