Comments on: Twitter’s Ascension in Japan

By: The Luxury & Fashion Biz: (08/13/10)

The Luxury & Fashion Biz: (08/13/10) — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:16:35 +0000

[...] More on social media in Asia: “One of Asia’s great rapid growth stories in Social Media over recent months has been the Twitter’s ascension in Japan . . . One reason for the possible appeal of Twitter in Japan and Sina Weibo in China is how much can be expressed in 140 characters. Each character in Chinese and Japanese is equivalent to a word, making microblogs more like blogs.” [...]

By: In No Particular Order | Microposting(s) for June 28th through July 17th

In No Particular Order | Microposting(s) for June 28th through July 17th — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:02:10 +0000

[...] Twitter’s Ascension in Japan – Thomas Crampton – Twitter = mumble, the liking for blogging anonymously, and a haiku-esque brevity all help Twitter fare well in Japan. Neat article. [...]

By: Kizumi

Kizumi — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:41:16 +0000

several years ago Nakakawa Shouko, the blog queen of Japan, updated her blog 30 times once a day and got nearly 0.2 billion clicks in 2007. The appearance of Twitter enable a lot of people like Shouko update their blogs many times in a day. As a chinese, it's so bad that we couldn't use Twitter as we want to do. Though we got sina microblog,Twitter is still something unreplaceable cause it make us connect with the world. Goddamn GFW!

By: thomascrampton

thomascrampton — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:25:46 +0000

Um, Michael, your hair is green.

By: Kizumi

Kizumi — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:41:16 +0000

By: thomascrampton

thomascrampton — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:25:46 +0000

Um, Michael, your hair is green.

By: The One With Japan In World Club & Twitter Fail Whale — You Got Me Blogging

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:11:42 +0000

[...] Hat tips to Thomas Crampton. [...]

By: Michaelqtodd

Michaelqtodd — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:27:44 +0000

We love Twitter in Japan! Good article Thomas