Saturday, June 19, 2010

Twitter a hit in Japan

Twitter a hit in Japan as millions 'mumble' online
~ San Jose Mercury News

One reason is language. It's possible to say so much more in Japanese within Twitter's 140-letter limit. The word "information" requires just two letters in Japanese. That allows academics and politicians to relay complex views, according to Tsuda, who believes Twitter could easily attract 20 million people in Japan soon.
No wonder it takes more English tweets when I talk about the same thing both in Japanese and English on Twitter...

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