TWITTER

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almost like TWITTER
he encourages folks to communicate ...
Nobo san


Here is a bit I wrote a while ago about
. Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規



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Today, June 30, in the Japan Times

"In finding fulfillment in expressing
what's on your mind for the moment,
Twitter is like haiku,
It is so Japanese."

Rocky Eda, manager for Digital Garage


Twitter
source : By YURI KAGEYAMA, Japan Times

Twitter is a hit in Japan, succeeding where other social networking imports like Facebook have foundered as millions "mumble" — the translation of tweet — and give miniblogging a distinctly Japanese flavor.

The arrival of the Japanese-language Twitter service in 2008 tapped into a greater sense of individuality, especially among younger people less accepting of the understatement and conformity the culture is usually associated with, analysts say.
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Twitter estimates Japanese write nearly 8 million tweets a day, or about 12 percent of the global total. Data from Tweet Sentiments, a Web site that analyzes tweets, show Japanese are sometimes tweeting more frequently than Americans.
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"Twitter is turning out to be like a cocktail party," he said. "Japanese see how fun it is to network and casually connect with other people."
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Rocky Eda, corporate communications manager for Digital Garage, which supports Twitter's Japan operations, is thrilled people are embracing Twitter.

"In finding fulfillment in expressing what's on your mind for the moment, Twitter is like haiku," he said. "It is so Japanese."


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Googeling my own records about TWITTER, I found this one


so many twitters
of the invisible birds -
autumn afternoon

Gabi Greve, October 2009


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And one last remark:

I am not on TWITTER online.


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. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2010

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