Japan is a fairly small country with a fairly large number of inhabitants. It is not surprising that in this country social networks are no less popular than in the rest of the world.
List of Japanese social. networks:
If with the last two everything is very clear, they are popular not only in Japan, but also around the globe, then the first product is known only in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Japanese social Mixi chain was founded by Kenji Kasahara (Jap. 笠原 健 治) in 2004. For a negligible time, the network has acquired a huge number of users of different ages. Social Mixi network has become popular not only among its target audience, schoolchildren and students, but also among fairly adult Japanese.
Social Network Features
Network users get the opportunity to use the following functions: blogging, publishing photos and videos, viewing other people's photos, pages and diaries.
Since April 2004, communities (groups) were added in which users can communicate on any issues in the forum format. The community can be devoted to absolutely any topic: from anime culture to the metro station.
Since June 2006, the function of displaying music playing on a computer on the owner’s page has been added. To do this, you need to install a special program, Mixi Station, which reads information about the current playlist from popular music players.
Registration in Mixi
In order to register with Mixi you will need not only knowledge of the Japanese language at a serious level, because social. the network does not work in other languages, but also a Japanese SIM card, which will receive a message to confirm the identity of the user. It is also worth noting that this site is quite closed. Therefore, to start using social services. network, you will have to receive an invitation from an already registered user. At the moment, the design of the Mixi is very minimalistic. Its distinguishing feature from other sites of this kind is the white and yellow color scheme.
Audience and Users
The Mixi audience, as noted above, is very diverse, but mostly people in the age range of 18 to 35 years, almost 70% of whom visit the site one to three times a day. According to statistics, the number of men and women is almost equal. Most users of Mixi note a friendly atmosphere prevailing in the vastness of the entire network. Due to the fact that the site is closed, information about yourself is distributed more freely here, which emphasizes the unique Japanese mentality.