http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/07/17/why-japanese-follow-you-on-twitter/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/07/17/why-japanese-follow-you-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-249123 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:54:15 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=4194#comment-249123 [...] Why Japanese follow you on Twitter – I’d like to see this kind of survey for other countries. Regardless, the top 5 reasons among 1000+ respondents are (in order of biggest reason): The tweeter has similar hobbies, cheers the follower up, uses rich expressions, has the latest info on topics that interest the follower, and uses words elegantly. In contrast, Japanese people generally stop following people for the tweeter using excessive aggression, “shifty tweets” (not sure what that means), drama-queen-like tweets, soliciting membership to something the follower is already affiliated with, and excessive sexual references. [...]

]]> http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/07/17/why-japanese-follow-you-on-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-244864 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 08:36:54 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=4194#comment-244864 Hi Ken. Thanks for sharing these findings. With Twitters growth in the Japanese market it’s always interesting to learn about what makes these users ‘tick’. Do you have any information on what their opinion of brands on twitter are? Do they follow brands and if so, why? Thanks again for the article. Keep up the great work!

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