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10 Reasons why Japan loves Twitter
Ricardo Trejo
Twitter is one of the biggest phenonmenons to hit the web and are just like everyone else, the Japanese can't live without it. Chalk it up to their constantly mobile lifestyles, having up to the second information is quite the commodity, not to mention being able to get @replied by a celebrity like Shoko apparently makes it all worthwhile! Take the jump for the the top 10 reasons why the Japan is in love with Twitter.
1. You can see celebrities unmasked, in a way never seen on their blogs
2. There’s a lot of information circulating on Twitter you can’t find elsewhere
3. There may be lots of Twittering users in the same neighbourhood
4. You don’t have to worry about “writing” like you do on an SNS or blog
5. You may receive a reply from a celebrity
6. People you don’t even know will offer advice on problems you might have
7. Your followers may share new ideas which never occurred to you
8. Thoughtless tweets can cause huge arguments with lots of people involved
9. Following or being followed is an interesting system with diverse uses
10. The flow of information is much faster than with news sites or TV
Interesting choices and most I would say replicate why everyone else uses the service; that and of course all the ego boosting tons of people get from it.
