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> Uber eats didn't really become popular until the pandemic Maybe it the place where I live (central Tokyo) but Uber eats was always huge even before the pande

> Uber eats didn't really become popular until the pandemic Maybe it the place where I live (central Tokyo) but Uber eats was always huge even before the pandemic. > iMessage vs Line iMessage doesn't cater to Japanese needs but I fail to see why would iMessage be an example of aggressive levels of cultural ignorance. > instagram vs Twitter they are both SV companies with a huge userbase in Japan. > Docomo is trying with Bikeshare since 2011 but it never took off. Docomo is a Japanese company. I don't know why you included it.

donw 6y ago
Central Tokyo -- Meguro, Ebisu, Roppongi -- are where all of us foreigners live. It's like living in Manhattan, Nob Hill, or Los Gatos. You're pretty insulated from... everybody else. I live on the edge of Tokyo. Uber eats was here occasionally before COVID. They did not effectively exist at all in pre-pandemic Saitama, Kanagawa, Osaka, or Sapporo. Now -- Instagram and Twitter are both companies that succeeded here. Instagram, because Japanese people love taking pictures. I have to wait to eat dinner every day because my wife wants to take a picture of whatever it is I cooked. Twitter is used very differently here than in the US, but I think I'm right in saying that they're the #2 tweetiest nation on Earth.
harpratap 6y ago
> Maybe it the place where I live (central Tokyo) but Uber eats was always huge even before the pandemic. Maybe we have different definition of "huge". I consider things as "huge" when it's become a part of local culture, which Uber eats is far from achieving in Tokyo, let alone Japan. > iMessage doesn't cater to Japanese needs but I fail to see why would iMessage be an example of aggressive levels of cultural ignorance. The east prefers info dense and all-in-one super apps. iMessage is only just starting to do that will Line did it years ago. Emoji was invented in Japan, and it's natural progression - stickers, were introduced much late in iMessage. > they are both SV companies with a huge userbase in Japan. In almost every other country Instagram/Facebook has almost 10x the user base to that of Twitter amongst teenagers, while Japan has more twitter users than Instagram - https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00785/ https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00785/ Here's US for comparison - https://www.statista.com/statistics/250172/social-network-usage-of-us-teens-and-young-adults/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/250172/social-network-us... > Docomo is a Japanese company. I don't know why you included it. I'm also comparing all companies who simply ape SV ideas to replicate in local markets but fail to take in the cultural context.

donw 6y ago

Central Tokyo -- Meguro, Ebisu, Roppongi -- are where all of us foreigners live. It's like living in Manhattan, Nob Hill, or Los Gatos. You're pretty insulated from... everybody else. I live on the edge of Tokyo. Uber eats was here occasionally before COVID. They did not effectively exist at all in pre-pandemic Saitama, Kanagawa, Osaka, or Sapporo. Now -- Instagram and Twitter are both companies that succeeded here. Instagram, because Japanese people love taking pictures. I have to wait to eat dinner every day because my wife wants to take a picture of whatever it is I cooked. Twitter is used very differently here than in the US, but I think I'm right in saying that they're the #2 tweetiest nation on Earth.

harpratap 6y ago

> Maybe it the place where I live (central Tokyo) but Uber eats was always huge even before the pandemic. Maybe we have different definition of "huge". I consider things as "huge" when it's become a part of local culture, which Uber eats is far from achieving in Tokyo, let alone Japan. > iMessage doesn't cater to Japanese needs but I fail to see why would iMessage be an example of aggressive levels of cultural ignorance. The east prefers info dense and all-in-one super apps. iMessage is only just starting to do that will Line did it years ago. Emoji was invented in Japan, and it's natural progression - stickers, were introduced much late in iMessage. > they are both SV companies with a huge userbase in Japan. In almost every other country Instagram/Facebook has almost 10x the user base to that of Twitter amongst teenagers, while Japan has more twitter users than Instagram - https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00785/ https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00785/ Here's US for comparison - https://www.statista.com/statistics/250172/social-network-usage-of-us-teens-and-young-adults/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/250172/social-network-us... > Docomo is a Japanese company. I don't know why you included it. I'm also comparing all companies who simply ape SV ideas to replicate in local markets but fail to take in the cultural context.