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Anyone know _why_ this instance in particular seems to be such a big hit among Japanese speakers? (Assuming these are not all just spam posts, since the built-i
by BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
Anyone know _why_ this instance in particular seems to be such a big hit among Japanese speakers? (Assuming these are not all just spam posts, since the built-in translate tool isn't working for me and I'm too lazy to copy them all elsewhere)
- omoikane 3y agoThe recent posts are mostly test posts, about people coming from Threads/Nostr/Mostr, someone testing mp3/mp4, someone testing animated GIF, someone saying translate (from English) doesn't work, "hello world" and "good morning" posts, etc. It's mostly the kind of posts you see on newly opened forums, as opposed to the news and random content on long established forums. Maybe someone mentioned that sign ups are available in one of those other social networks to a mostly Japanese audience, or maybe time zone just worked out better (it's currently 10am in Japan).
- Barrin92 3y agoMastodon is really big in Japan in general. Last time I looked it up I think three of the largest five instances were Japanese.
- yborg 3y agoThis, as well as the fact that short form messaging has always been popular in Japan. Twitter also got an early foothold in Japan. The vivaldi.social instance also has a large Japanese contingent.
- Vinnl 3y agoAccording to this post there's just been a viral Japanese tweet mentioning it, I think: https://mozilla.social/@ginpei/111146848437550978 https://mozilla.social/@ginpei/111146848437550978