Comments on: Mixi Bans Their Users From Dating http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/03/24/mixi-bans-their-users-from-dating/ The Next Generation Internet Trends in Japan and Asia Tue, 22 May 2012 06:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Facebook vs. Mixi http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/03/24/mixi-bans-their-users-from-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-2441 Facebook vs. Mixi Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:49:47 +0000 http://asiajin.com/blog/?p=2674#comment-2441 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] One girl hates FB because strangers keep annoying her by sending messages.  (Aren’t strangers just friends we haven’t met yet?)  Some do feel, however, FB is for keeping in touch with real friends whereas Mixi is more for dating.  (I actually met my girlfriend through Mixi.  She is a the loveliest picture of birthday cake you’ve ever seen!)  Joking aside, Mixi’s reputation as a dating site has caused Mixi to take action. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] One girl hates FB because strangers keep annoying her by sending messages.  (Aren’t strangers just friends we haven’t met yet?)  Some do feel, however, FB is for keeping in touch with real friends whereas Mixi is more for dating.  (I actually met my girlfriend through Mixi.  She is a the loveliest picture of birthday cake you’ve ever seen!)  Joking aside, Mixi’s reputation as a dating site has caused Mixi to take action. [...]

]]> By: Facebook vs. Mixi « The Fukuoka Now Blog http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/03/24/mixi-bans-their-users-from-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-2266 Facebook vs. Mixi « The Fukuoka Now Blog Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:37:39 +0000 http://asiajin.com/blog/?p=2674#comment-2266 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] One girl hates FB because strangers keep annoying her by sending messages.  (Aren’t strangers just friends we haven’t met yet?)  Some do feel, however, FB is for keeping in touch with real friends whereas Mixi is more for dating.  (I actually met my girlfriend through Mixi.  She is a the loveliest picture of birthday cake you’ve ever seen!)  Joking aside, Mixi’s reputation as a dating site has caused Mixi to take action. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] One girl hates FB because strangers keep annoying her by sending messages.  (Aren’t strangers just friends we haven’t met yet?)  Some do feel, however, FB is for keeping in touch with real friends whereas Mixi is more for dating.  (I actually met my girlfriend through Mixi.  She is a the loveliest picture of birthday cake you’ve ever seen!)  Joking aside, Mixi’s reputation as a dating site has caused Mixi to take action. [...]

]]> By: Lack of Tech in the Land of Robots and Hybrid Cars by Neal Chambers | Teacher Reboot Camp http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/03/24/mixi-bans-their-users-from-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-2233 Lack of Tech in the Land of Robots and Hybrid Cars by Neal Chambers | Teacher Reboot Camp Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:10:54 +0000 http://asiajin.com/blog/?p=2674#comment-2233 [...] As for social networks, Facebook is slowly gaining ground.  There is another Japan-only social  network called Mixi which is in its death throes.  Mixi is invite only, and requires a Japanese mobile phone email address.  It has an antiquated advertising model and (in my honest opinion) overly complicated system of blogging and messaging although Mashable says otherwise.  Not to mention the fact that it just recently banned dating. [...] [...] As for social networks, Facebook is slowly gaining ground.  There is another Japan-only social  network called Mixi which is in its death throes.  Mixi is invite only, and requires a Japanese mobile phone email address.  It has an antiquated advertising model and (in my honest opinion) overly complicated system of blogging and messaging although Mashable says otherwise.  Not to mention the fact that it just recently banned dating. [...]

]]> By: Facebook vs. Mixi, Fukuoka Now | Facebook http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/03/24/mixi-bans-their-users-from-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-2231 Facebook vs. Mixi, Fukuoka Now | Facebook Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:08:29 +0000 http://asiajin.com/blog/?p=2674#comment-2231 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] cake you’ve ever seen!) Joking aside, Mixi’s reputation as a dating site has caused Mixi to take action.FB was often mentioned as the superior site in terms of studying/practicing English and making [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] cake you’ve ever seen!) Joking aside, Mixi’s reputation as a dating site has caused Mixi to take action.FB was often mentioned as the superior site in terms of studying/practicing English and making [...]

]]> By: Fukuoka Nowさん「Facebook vs. Mixi」 | Facebook http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/03/24/mixi-bans-their-users-from-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-2217 Fukuoka Nowさん「Facebook vs. Mixi」 | Facebook Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:15:43 +0000 http://asiajin.com/blog/?p=2674#comment-2217 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] cake you’ve ever seen!) Joking aside, Mixi’s reputation as a dating site has caused Mixi to take action.FB was often mentioned as the superior site in terms of studying/practicing English and making [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] cake you’ve ever seen!) Joking aside, Mixi’s reputation as a dating site has caused Mixi to take action.FB was often mentioned as the superior site in terms of studying/practicing English and making [...]

]]> By: Your Cellphone Helps Inducing A Coincidental Meet To Dating | Asiajin http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/03/24/mixi-bans-their-users-from-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-1588 Your Cellphone Helps Inducing A Coincidental Meet To Dating | Asiajin Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:22:28 +0000 http://asiajin.com/blog/?p=2674#comment-1588 [...] preventing it from being seen as the object to which the dating site regulation act is applied (see this Shunichi Arai’s article for the act).   In case that someone reports to have witnessed a good looking girl or boy with [...] [...] preventing it from being seen as the object to which the dating site regulation act is applied (see this Shunichi Arai’s article for the act).   In case that someone reports to have witnessed a good looking girl or boy with [...]

]]> By: Akky Akimoto http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/03/24/mixi-bans-their-users-from-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-1565 Akky Akimoto Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:57:29 +0000 http://asiajin.com/blog/?p=2674#comment-1565 You can check it by yourself when you search on Mixi by "出会い"(meet-up). There are many of communities banned, which even includes like "let's meet up at ***-prefecture users". Services like Meetup.com and Upcomings cannot survive in Japan, as far as the service wants to escape from mobile filtering service. You can check it by yourself when you search on Mixi by “出会い”(meet-up). There are many of communities banned, which even includes like “let’s meet up at ***-prefecture users”.

Services like Meetup.com and Upcomings cannot survive in Japan, as far as the service wants to escape from mobile filtering service.

]]> By: Mixi bans users from dating | Japan Probe http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/03/24/mixi-bans-their-users-from-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-1564 Mixi bans users from dating | Japan Probe Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:33:16 +0000 http://asiajin.com/blog/?p=2674#comment-1564 [...] J-Cast/Asiajin reports that Mixi, Japan’s largest social networking site, has banned its users from dating: Mixi changed their terms of policy on December 1st, in accordance with the “Dating site regulation act”. They are now prohibiting users from “using Mixi mainly to meet with strangers of the other sex”. [...] [...] J-Cast/Asiajin reports that Mixi, Japan’s largest social networking site, has banned its users from dating: Mixi changed their terms of policy on December 1st, in accordance with the “Dating site regulation act”. They are now prohibiting users from “using Mixi mainly to meet with strangers of the other sex”. [...]

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]]> By: The Relationship Tip http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/03/24/mixi-bans-their-users-from-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-1573 The Relationship Tip Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://asiajin.com/blog/?p=2674#comment-1573 <!--%kramer-pre%-->It’s a given that Mixi is the largest social networking service in Japan with over 10 million users. Now they are about to implement a policy which for all intent and purposes I’m not exactly sure how they can enforce. Shunichi Arai atAsiajinhas the story. Related Social Networking Causes Brain Damage, Jealousy, and Cancer What Took Them So Long? Where Women Meet To Socialize The World’s Largest Social Dating Network Continues Its Rapid Growth Japan’s online social scene i<!--%kramer-post%--> It’s a given that Mixi is the largest social networking service in Japan with over 10 million users. Now they are about to implement a policy which for all intent and purposes I’m not exactly sure how they can enforce. Shunichi Arai atAsiajinhas the story. Related Social Networking Causes Brain Damage, Jealousy, and Cancer What Took Them So Long? Where Women Meet To Socialize The World’s Largest Social Dating Network Continues Its Rapid Growth Japan’s online social scene i

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