Because Lin, Hsu and Hong all had relatively difficult times growing up, this sparked the idea of opening a chat room called "SinaChat" and a free event calendar. The hope was that the Chinese people of North America and even the whole world would interact with friends in this network environment and create a virtual community.
由於林欣禾、許安德與洪瑞殷都曾有比較辛苦的成長歷程，激發了他們在網路上開闢一個談天區（SinaChat）及一個免費的活動看板（Event Calendar）的主意，為的是讓北美地區甚至世界各地的華人，在此網路世界中結交朋友，進而創造一個虛擬的社區。