Comments on: 2 channel accessed from work by one in five Japanese http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/08/05/2-channel-accessed-from-work-by-one-in-five-japanese/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:58:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: nanashi http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/08/05/2-channel-accessed-from-work-by-one-in-five-japanese/#comment-107241 nanashi Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:59:07 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/08/05/2-channel-accessed-from-work-by-one-in-five-japanese/#comment-107241 Oh man. You live in Japan and haven't even bothered to take the time to clue yourself on what 2ch really is all about? SAD. It never fails to surprise me just how so many gaijins living in Japan are totally clueless about Japan (but think they know what they are talking about) and only perpetuate certain things because of what some other gaijin said. Clue, use your own brain for change. I think all these statistics of what OTHER's think isn't doing you any good. Calling it a bulletin board collectively is the worst thing you can do because 2ch is more like a mashup of smaller boards, each with their own unique cultures and personality. To collectively even refer to 2ch as a place full of nationalistic rightwingers reveals how out of touch you are. And as doinkies said, not everything there is hatespeech. There is actually a very small number of boards where all the nationalistic xenophobes congregate. Not everything there is meant to be taken serious either. It is like reading tea leaves where you have to be able to read between the lines to figure out if someone is joking, trolling, or actually providing real information. It's no wonder so many 2channelers are able to make fun of foreign readers without the foreigner realizing they are being laughed at since they don't really quite get what they are looking at and take everything at face value. What Japan Thinks used to be one site I used to have respect for but as time has passed, you've proven on a matter of subjects that you really don't know what you are talking about. Oh man. You live in Japan and haven’t even bothered to take the time to clue yourself on what 2ch really is all about? SAD. It never fails to surprise me just how so many gaijins living in Japan are totally clueless about Japan (but think they know what they are talking about) and only perpetuate certain things because of what some other gaijin said. Clue, use your own brain for change. I think all these statistics of what OTHER’s think isn’t doing you any good.

Calling it a bulletin board collectively is the worst thing you can do because 2ch is more like a mashup of smaller boards, each with their own unique cultures and personality. To collectively even refer to 2ch as a place full of nationalistic rightwingers reveals how out of touch you are. And as doinkies said, not everything there is hatespeech. There is actually a very small number of boards where all the nationalistic xenophobes congregate.

Not everything there is meant to be taken serious either. It is like reading tea leaves where you have to be able to read between the lines to figure out if someone is joking, trolling, or actually providing real information. It’s no wonder so many 2channelers are able to make fun of foreign readers without the foreigner realizing they are being laughed at since they don’t really quite get what they are looking at and take everything at face value.

What Japan Thinks used to be one site I used to have respect for but as time has passed, you’ve proven on a matter of subjects that you really don’t know what you are talking about.

]]> By: doinkies http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/08/05/2-channel-accessed-from-work-by-one-in-five-japanese/#comment-106881 doinkies Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:43:46 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/08/05/2-channel-accessed-from-work-by-one-in-five-japanese/#comment-106881 2ch is a huge place that has boards for every topic. Not everyone who posts there posts hatespeech, and it's not in every board there. 2ch is a huge place that has boards for every topic. Not everyone who posts there posts hatespeech, and it’s not in every board there.

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