Comments on: Results of Searching “Gaijin” on Twitter Japan http://newzjapan.com/living-in-japan/results-of-searching-gaijin-on-twitter-japan Alternative News and Insider Commentary from Japan Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jay http://newzjapan.com/living-in-japan/results-of-searching-gaijin-on-twitter-japan/comment-page-1#comment-69 jay Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:01:00 +0000 http://newzjapan.com/?p=158#comment-69 If I click on followers on the twitter homepage, I'm given the option to either follow or block the people following me. I think that's what they mean when they block. Maybe it's a new feature, or only on the Japanese version. For the "exterminate all gaijin" comment, the actual wording was to "shometsu shiro" which literally would be translated as "make them extinct", loosely as "make them disappear". Shometsu usually refers to extinction as in animals. I intend to do some more searching and listening in on twitter Japan because I think people are writing how they really feel which makes it a fascinating study. If I click on followers on the twitter homepage, I’m given the option to either follow or block the people following me. I think that’s what they mean when they block. Maybe it’s a new feature, or only on the Japanese version.

For the “exterminate all gaijin” comment, the actual wording was to “shometsu shiro” which literally would be translated as “make them extinct”, loosely as “make them disappear”. Shometsu usually refers to extinction as in animals.

I intend to do some more searching and listening in on twitter Japan because I think people are writing how they really feel which makes it a fascinating study.

]]> By: George Donnelly http://newzjapan.com/living-in-japan/results-of-searching-gaijin-on-twitter-japan/comment-page-1#comment-68 George Donnelly Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:36:35 +0000 http://newzjapan.com/?p=158#comment-68 More twits (posts)? or twitterers (posters)? Either way, I find it hard to believe that Japan is leading in either category. 'Exterminate all gaijin'? Whoa. Do all of these people get how Twitter works? Just because someone follows you, doesn't mean you have to follow them. I haven't noticed any function called 'block' in Twitter. Only follow or not follow. More twits (posts)? or twitterers (posters)? Either way, I find it hard to believe that Japan is leading in either category.

‘Exterminate all gaijin’? Whoa.

Do all of these people get how Twitter works? Just because someone follows you, doesn’t mean you have to follow them.

I haven’t noticed any function called ‘block’ in Twitter. Only follow or not follow.

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