Comments on: Why Facebook is not popular in Japan?

By: kirin

kirin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:38:18 +0000

Do you want to read English blogs written by Japanese people?
Check out this post (http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2470) => Blog Mura.

By: Xcell

Xcell — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:19:41 +0000

wow this is interesting.. I didn’t know that the culture would be so different.. no wonder I never encounter any Japanese blog in english.. well until now

by the way nice blog keep on sharing

By: kirin

kirin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:56:18 +0000

What about twitter? I think twitter is easier for us. Nowadays many of us like to use it. IMO, twitter is definitely more popular than facebook in Japan.

By: maresnia

maresnia — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:23:44 +0000

Oh I see. Now I know why my Japanese friend is not loging in her facebook for a long time since she back to Japan

By: epicresearch

epicresearch — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:44:56 +0000

That's very interesting! Do you have an update of this post?

By: kirin

kirin — Wed, 19 May 2010 23:25:11 +0000

I know. I learned this Japanese culture first because I'm Japanese. Then I decided to blog in English to the non-Japanese people, I am totally confued with this difference. As I spent more time browsing non-Japanese people's blogs and websites, how much I was surprised at how often people show their face and real name on internet. This is not common in Japan at all. I don't know why, but we may think it safe to keep anonymous while we are not famous but when we want to speak our opinions. I think many Japanese people are scared of personal attack or envy by the readers. It's complicated cultural difference.

By: add

add — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:33:45 +0000

l still don’t understand about the culture difference that Japanese hide their faces when they upload their photo.

By: kirin

kirin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:56:32 +0000

Oh that's good to hear. I feel better. :p

By: Bebi

Bebi — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:27:04 +0000

I live in Europe and I have a facebook but I don't use my real name. Many western bloggers that i know don't use their real names too.

By: kirin

kirin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:42:58 +0000

Sorry for the inconvenience of splitting the comments, which is sometimes required by the system especially when your comment is too long. I had to open my facebook account because of several invitations from friends, but I still don't get how to use it wisely. Once I accepted unknown people, I started to receive invitation emails everyday…I totally don't like facebook.