I like the way it is so easy to switch into Japanese mode – actually, I’m leaving my Twitters settings permanently on Japanese since you can still send English Twitters, no problemo!
Follow me and I’ll reciprocate!
DH
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With the right group of friends, Twitter can be really handy.
My closer friends are from an older generation. To ask them to go on Twitter could be almost unthinkable. Believe it or not, I’m the only one from my circle(s) of old friends that’s blogging actively! :-p
]]>We may not outnumber the US users, but our numbers are growing!
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Any recommendations for Twitter clients on the Mac?
Oh, I don’t know about the Mixi tukare thing… then again I’m 25 so probably way out of touch with the youth of anywhere until my baby girl grows another 15 years or so….
I know you can use Mixi on your Japanese cell phone like my wife does and can imagine how people get tired from it, but the way Japanese teens are glued to their phones, if they’re not tired from Mixi, they’ll be furiously typing at something else anyway 
Interesting! I won’t say that I love Twitter. But I like the fact that it’s so simple to use and followers can choose receive messages via the Web, IM or sms.
By the way, Mixi is not without its problems too, right? According to Wikipedia, there is such a thing as “Mixi tsukare”, a psychological state of a Japanese youth experiencing a sense of tiring from using Mixi and voicing a desire to discontinue using Mixi and finally deciding to terminate the Mixi account. 
Also, btw, while many people rave about Second Life, apparently many Japanese don’t like it. In the “7 reasons why SL is ‘not’ popular in Japan” post, Preetam Rai cited:
- Setting up is troublesome
- Need higher spec computer to play
- Not easy to control
- Don’t know what to do
- Need money to play
- Full of advertisements
- Popular spots are all “sex” or “gambling”
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Best thing about Mixi is the atmosphere I think, tends to be much more friendly than MySpace.
It’s easy to integrate your own blog feed into Mixi and it’s Japanese… for some that won’t matter, but for anyone who wants to extend their friendship circle or already has contacts in Japan it can be quite fun.
StockTube:
Ye, I can’t seem to convince myself to sign-up to twitter or any of its clones yet… the reason I feel I should is from listening to tech podcasters who say they use it, but I think Leo Laporte said he officially left Twitter because it was annoying… don’t quote me on that though
Hi, StockTube. Check out Wikipedia’s entry on Twitter and one of my posts, “More Good Ways to Use Twitter”.
]]>I’m a Mixi user in Japan and am yet to start using twitter.
I’ve just put up a page with English translations of Mixi core pages to help non-Japanese sign-up and see what Mixi is all about.
http://gaijinwomen.com/how-to-use-mixi/
Now, time to check twitter!
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