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It's pretty much always been like this. It doesn't resemble at all what tops the Trending charts in America. I've been checking Twitter Trends here in Japan fo

It's pretty much always been like this. It doesn't resemble at all what tops the Trending charts in America. I've been checking Twitter Trends here in Japan for the last ~3 months, prior to the Musk acquisition, and I've always thought it was fascinating how there's very little political discussion. I don't think this was related to the curation team being axed at all.

atdrummond 4y ago
This was literally Japanese Twitter users noticing that the trending page no longer featured political news, though.
noobermin 4y ago
To be honest, I don't see any real sources for this beyond anti-woke types who comment on japanese culture from America. None of the japanese people I follow (who aren't anime types really) are remarking on this at all. All the Musk and twitter drama seems disconnected for them. As another sample, I'm in Singapore, and the trends last night were about the American election, nothing seemed to be that different than before Musk took over.
- midoridensha 4y ago
  Just living here in Japan, I've noticed that people here rarely talk about politics. Japan doesn't have the political division that America has; the LDP is by far the largest party with the most seats, and it's been like this for a long time. Japanese people do talk politics occasionally, like when Abe was assassinated (that had many people worried about gun crime becoming a problem), but it's nothing like in America, where it's ever-present. They will occasionally talk about foreign politics I've found: many don't like China, for instance (which is understandable, Americans don't either), but domestic politics just aren't a big topic. It doesn't surprise me at all that Japanese Twitter echoes this.
  - xdfgh1112 4y ago
    Mostly yeah, but there is the whole ネトウヨ movement and also the extreme left. They hang out all over the internet. Politics is not all encompassing in the UK either, it's mainly an American thing imo.
    - midoridensha 4y ago
      Of course, Japan has its extremists too, and also many people express more extreme opinions online where they have the safety of anonymity. But in daily in-person life, you just don't see the extreme politics that you see in the US. Nor do you see it in the regular news outlets. The only really obvious political stuff you see here in-person is the annoying sound trucks blaring far-right political messages. But I haven't heard one of those in quite a while; maybe I'm in the wrong place.
  - iinnPP 4y ago
    Can you not "make it okay" to hate on China? Hate on a specific policy, person, or event (or don't) but don't blanket hate a nation of people.
    - troon-lover 4y ago
    - midoridensha 4y ago
      If you think the Chinese government isn't worthy of derision, then you and I have extremely different values that cannot be reconciled. Do you also write these kinds of messages when people deride Russia?
      - Umr_At_Tawil 4y ago
        Every government has their shortcomings but Chinese gov lifted hundred millions out of poverty, developed unrivaled infrastructure for public good and you think they're worthy of derision? IMO they're doing better than most government in the world right now, if you think they're worthy of derision, then the US and most western government is worthy of way more derision.
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atdrummond 4y ago

This was literally Japanese Twitter users noticing that the trending page no longer featured political news, though.

noobermin 4y ago

To be honest, I don't see any real sources for this beyond anti-woke types who comment on japanese culture from America. None of the japanese people I follow (who aren't anime types really) are remarking on this at all. All the Musk and twitter drama seems disconnected for them. As another sample, I'm in Singapore, and the trends last night were about the American election, nothing seemed to be that different than before Musk took over.

midoridensha 4y ago
Just living here in Japan, I've noticed that people here rarely talk about politics. Japan doesn't have the political division that America has; the LDP is by far the largest party with the most seats, and it's been like this for a long time. Japanese people do talk politics occasionally, like when Abe was assassinated (that had many people worried about gun crime becoming a problem), but it's nothing like in America, where it's ever-present. They will occasionally talk about foreign politics I've found: many don't like China, for instance (which is understandable, Americans don't either), but domestic politics just aren't a big topic. It doesn't surprise me at all that Japanese Twitter echoes this.
- xdfgh1112 4y ago
  Mostly yeah, but there is the whole ネトウヨ movement and also the extreme left. They hang out all over the internet. Politics is not all encompassing in the UK either, it's mainly an American thing imo.
  - midoridensha 4y ago
    Of course, Japan has its extremists too, and also many people express more extreme opinions online where they have the safety of anonymity. But in daily in-person life, you just don't see the extreme politics that you see in the US. Nor do you see it in the regular news outlets. The only really obvious political stuff you see here in-person is the annoying sound trucks blaring far-right political messages. But I haven't heard one of those in quite a while; maybe I'm in the wrong place.
- iinnPP 4y ago
  Can you not "make it okay" to hate on China? Hate on a specific policy, person, or event (or don't) but don't blanket hate a nation of people.
  - troon-lover 4y ago
  - midoridensha 4y ago
    If you think the Chinese government isn't worthy of derision, then you and I have extremely different values that cannot be reconciled. Do you also write these kinds of messages when people deride Russia?
    - Umr_At_Tawil 4y ago
      Every government has their shortcomings but Chinese gov lifted hundred millions out of poverty, developed unrivaled infrastructure for public good and you think they're worthy of derision? IMO they're doing better than most government in the world right now, if you think they're worthy of derision, then the US and most western government is worthy of way more derision.

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