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Everything about crazy rich Twitterland
Published in · 4 min read · Jun 8, 2022
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Japanese people LOVE Twitter. We’re the second-largest cluster with 58.95 million accounts, which is next to America’s 76.9 million.
The reason for our dedication to this social media is often discussed—of course, on Twitter—and it comes from the following reasons.
- The Japanese language is high-context, and 140 characters can tell much richer information than in other languages—for instance, English.
- Having the word count limit is similar to the concept of haiku and tanka, which are short forms of poetry, so many Japanese people see the charm in Twitter.
- Since the massive earthquakes in Japan such as the Great East Japan Earthquake, Twitter has been serving as a news source of natural disasters.
- Japanese people are punctual. Trains’ delay is also shared on Twitter as a popular topic, even if the delay is not so serious.
- Some offer cash on Twitter—Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa gave away 100 million yen ($7.5k) to 1,000 people in 2020, and his tweet marked 3 million retweets. And he has made this donation…
