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Spotting a pain in the bum at the office

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Another ranking survey from goo Ranking took a look at the workplace, in particular what are the characteristics of someone who is bad news in the office.

Demographics

Over the 6th and 7th of June 2011 1,148 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their teens, 16.9% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 25.4% in their forties, 9.7% in their fifties, and 7.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

For number one, someone in the adjacent team without fail has about one hour on the phone every Friday afternoon and wears a headset, which seems to encourage him to speak louder and upwards. I usually have to leave the office as it puts my stress levels through the roof!

I’m not sure what is the problem about the second 18 answer, however!
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Eye makeup FAIL

Not that I personally have much interest in eye makeup, but I did like this recent ranking survey from goo Ranking into eye makeup failures as it seems to have invented a whole new batch of words.

Demographics

Over the 6th and 7th of June 2011 1,148 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their teens, 16.9% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 25.4% in their forties, 9.7% in their fifties, and 7.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample. This question was for the women only.

Here’s a bit of an odd advert I picked up off selena lynn’s page on flickr:

mascara boy
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What Japanese women find cute in men

Me sleepingHere’s another fun survey from goo Ranking, this one looking at what male actions women just can’t help think they look cute doing.

Demographics

Over the 6th and 7th of June 2011 1,148 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their teens, 16.9% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 25.4% in their forties, 9.7% in their fifties, and 7.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample. This question was obviously for the women only.

I was going to post a picture to illustrate one of these images, but I didn’t feel comfortable with it… UPDATE: I found my wife had taken one to illustrate number 4…

Note that there is only 19 answers; I’ve not missed one out!
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Why Japanese follow you on Twitter

As a follow-up to last week’s look at why Japanese stop following people, this time it is the opposite question from goo Ranking, what characteristics of people makes one want to follow them on Twitter.

Demographics

Over the 6th and 7th of June 2011 1,148 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their teens, 16.9% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 25.4% in their forties, 9.7% in their fifties, and 7.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

As my Twitter followed count is very low (I rarely read it myself!) I think just about everyone falls under the same hobbies classification, namely running a Japan blog.

By the way, I’ve been playing around with Google’s new social network Google+ (drop me a line if you want an invite!), and I suspect it might have more of an effect on Twitter than Facebook; I’ve never worked out how in Twitter to follow a conversation; everything seems just one way to me.
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Why Japanese stop following you on Twitter

An interesting ranking survey by goo Ranking looked at why people come to want to stop following someone on Twitter.

Demographics

Between the 20th and 22nd of April 2011 1,110 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.5% of the sample were female, 10.8% in their teens, 16.2% in their twenties, 27.4% in their thirties, 26.4% in their forties, 9.3% in their fifties, and 9.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

I only follow people I know, and don’t really read Twitter anyway, so none of the below in any way relate to what I do!

Next week I hope to have the opposite survey for you, why people want to follow someone.
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Fun office rules in Japan

A recent ranking survey from goo Ranking looked at fun company rules that people would like to see introduced at their own workplace.

Demographics

Between the 20th and 22nd of April 2011 1,110 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.5% of the sample were female, 10.8% in their teens, 16.2% in their twenties, 27.4% in their thirties, 26.4% in their forties, 9.3% in their fifties, and 9.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

While looking up some of the companies listed, I came across more office rules from Kayac (in English). The one I found most curious was:

Lucky Wages

All our staff can play as they earn with our lucky dice scheme. They can top up their basic monthly wage by rolling the dice, introducing an element of fun and chance into their working day.

Now that is quite, quite strange!
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How guys with sisters tend to be

Here’s a curious survey from goo Ranking, looking at how guys with sisters tend to be.

Demographics

Between the 20th and 22nd of April 2011 1,110 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.5% of the sample were female, 10.8% in their teens, 16.2% in their twenties, 27.4% in their thirties, 26.4% in their forties, 9.3% in their fifties, and 9.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

I have a sister, but I don’t really recognise much of the list as being a result of having a sister.
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StreetPass encounters that seem like fun

One of the new features in the Nintendo 3DS is StreetPass, the ability to exchange information with people when you pass within range. This survey from goo Ranking looked at what people thought might be fun information to exchange in passing, using this or similar technologies.

Demographics

Between the 20th and 22nd of April 2011 1,110 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.5% of the sample were female, 10.8% in their teens, 16.2% in their twenties, 27.4% in their thirties, 26.4% in their forties, 9.3% in their fifties, and 9.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

This survey reminds me a little of an Augmented Reality Twitter app that I read about once. However, the whole idea sounds a bit creepy to me, so I don’t think I’d want a mobile device that had such a feature! If I were to do so, though, I’d probably advertise either my blog URL or Twitter handle.
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Japanese kanji with surprising Chinese meanings

goo Ranking recently took a look at which Japanese kanji had surprising Chinese meanings.

Demographics

Between the 23rd and 26th of March 2011 1,070 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-base questionnaire. 53.4% of the sample were female, 10.2% in their teens, 13.1% in their twenties, 24.7% in their thirties, 23.7% in their forties, 13.3% in their fifties, and 15.0% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

For this survey I believe people were provided with a list of words and asked to choose the most suprising, rather than a free choice.

UPDATE: Koichi of Tofugu made a video of the survey!


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Why Japanese haven’t bought a Nintendo 3DS

With the Nintendo 3DS having been on sale since February of 2011, goo Ranking decided it was a good time to ask their monitor panel why they hadn’t bought a Nintendo 3DS.

Demographics

Between the 20th and 22nd of April 2011 1,110 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.5% of the sample were female, 10.8% in their teens, 16.2% in their twenties, 27.4% in their thirties, 26.4% in their forties, 9.3% in their fifties, and 9.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample. Also note that naturally those who had already bought a 3DS would not have answered the question.

My reason for not upgrading is that I haven’t even got round to playing the Nintendo DS we have lying around the house…

3DS demo booth in Akihabara
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