Comments on: Japanese vs US Blogs http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/ Photos, Stories and articles on East Asia Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:31:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Some links to the blogosphere « GLO2000 Homepage http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-306988 Some links to the blogosphere « GLO2000 Homepage Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:26:25 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/#comment-306988 [...] Here are lists of blogs on religion, fly fishing, a top ten from Pakistan, a list of blogs from Japan (try using google translate if you can’t read Japanese). You get the gist. Please share your [...] [...] Here are lists of blogs on religion, fly fishing, a top ten from Pakistan, a list of blogs from Japan (try using google translate if you can’t read Japanese). You get the gist. Please share your [...]

]]> By: Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » The top 10 Blogs in Japan http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-63549 Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » The top 10 Blogs in Japan Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:17:51 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/#comment-63549 [...] Back in February I took a look at the top blogs in the Japanese blogosphere based on Technorati ranking. But I happened to glance at the standings again recently, and things have changed. While many of popular blogs are still in the top 20, there are a lot of new contenders. Here’s the new top 10 (as of August 23): [...] [...] Back in February I took a look at the top blogs in the Japanese blogosphere based on Technorati ranking. But I happened to glance at the standings again recently, and things have changed. While many of popular blogs are still in the top 20, there are a lot of new contenders. Here’s the new top 10 (as of August 23): [...]

]]> By: Martin http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-32465 Martin Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:13:37 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/#comment-32465 Konakijji: I don't agree that Japanese people are "indifferent" to what their government is doing. Just because these blogs that Technorati lists are not political doesn't mean there is no debate or interest in politics. 2ch is often very political, and seems to me there are many more newspapers and magazines in Japan than in other countries... Mutant Frog: Thanks for the list!! Konakijji: I don’t agree that Japanese people are “indifferent” to what their government is doing. Just because these blogs that Technorati lists are not political doesn’t mean there is no debate or interest in politics. 2ch is often very political, and seems to me there are many more newspapers and magazines in Japan than in other countries…

Mutant Frog: Thanks for the list!!

]]> By: Michael Turton http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-32464 Michael Turton Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:18:43 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/#comment-32464 <i>Jeff, I thought you were supposed to be a conservative blogger, and now it turns out that your day job is online pimping? I’m so disillusioned.</i> What do you think right-wing conservatism is! <i>albeit in a depressingly narrow range based on what the media/politicians are focused on. And they all seem to be taking a side. Why do you need to have your mind made up about every issue before you hear about it, people?!</i> But isn't this backwards? People seek out blogs that reflect their values. Moreover, I don't think there is any middle ground any more between the onrush of dictatorship in the US, and those who oppose it. The middle ground has long since vanished..... I think an interesting and absolutely vital missing blog genre here is academic blogs. IMHO academics simply don't blog enough, especially for public consumption. My constant complaint in every field of scholarly endeavor I know is that the publishing is usually done by dilettantes deeply interested in the field, and not by participants. The exceptions -- like Pinker's <i>The Language Instinct</i> or Feyman's popular stuff, are almost always a pleasure to read. Finally, I have to agree that the popularity of blogs like Xiaxue and Kaori Manabe's is a deplorable but fascinating phenomenon. Camille Paglia (?) had an excellent article on this a couple of months ago, in which she compared the similar popularity of Paris Hilton, who is absolutely brain dead, to Madonna, who also manufactured herself an image, but is a trained performer with a first-rate brain and sophisticated taste. What does this mean? Craven worship of celebrity? But Xiaxue is not a celebrity. Vicarious living through the wealthy? Status-worship? In the world where consumerism is the dominant mode of existence, naturally such women shall become goddesses.... Michael Jeff, I thought you were supposed to be a conservative blogger, and now it turns out that your day job is online pimping? I’m so disillusioned.

What do you think right-wing conservatism is!

albeit in a depressingly narrow range based on what the media/politicians are focused on. And they all seem to be taking a side. Why do you need to have your mind made up about every issue before you hear about it, people?!

But isn’t this backwards? People seek out blogs that reflect their values. Moreover, I don’t think there is any middle ground any more between the onrush of dictatorship in the US, and those who oppose it. The middle ground has long since vanished…..

I think an interesting and absolutely vital missing blog genre here is academic blogs. IMHO academics simply don’t blog enough, especially for public consumption. My constant complaint in every field of scholarly endeavor I know is that the publishing is usually done by dilettantes deeply interested in the field, and not by participants. The exceptions—like Pinker’s The Language Instinct or Feyman’s popular stuff, are almost always a pleasure to read.

Finally, I have to agree that the popularity of blogs like Xiaxue and Kaori Manabe’s is a deplorable but fascinating phenomenon. Camille Paglia (?) had an excellent article on this a couple of months ago, in which she compared the similar popularity of Paris Hilton, who is absolutely brain dead, to Madonna, who also manufactured herself an image, but is a trained performer with a first-rate brain and sophisticated taste. What does this mean? Craven worship of celebrity? But Xiaxue is not a celebrity. Vicarious living through the wealthy? Status-worship? In the world where consumerism is the dominant mode of existence, naturally such women shall become goddesses….

Michael

]]> By: Adamu http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-32432 Adamu Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:10:18 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/#comment-32432 Well, people can write about whatever they like, but that doesn't mean I have to respect it. Sure, there's no reason to focus on the US, but I was disappointed to see that the top blogs in Japan are so worthless. Well, people can write about whatever they like, but that doesn’t mean I have to respect it. Sure, there’s no reason to focus on the US, but I was disappointed to see that the top blogs in Japan are so worthless.

]]> By: JM http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-32425 JM Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:15:44 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/#comment-32425 "...nor do any of the blogs focus on the US." Why should they? If you're Japanese, or blogging from Japan, there's no requirement to focus on the U.S. “...nor do any of the blogs focus on the US.”

Why should they? If you’re Japanese, or blogging from Japan, there’s no requirement to focus on the U.S.

]]> By: Plunge http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-32402 Plunge Mon, 06 Feb 2006 18:00:09 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/#comment-32402 Oh, I usually do. I got to know Glenn while running the Chief Wiggles blog back during the opening year of the war. He used to post most of what I sent him, now it is hit and miss, but you are definitely on the list of daily reads so it will happen one of these days. Oh, I usually do. I got to know Glenn while running the Chief Wiggles blog back during the opening year of the war. He used to post most of what I sent him, now it is hit and miss, but you are definitely on the list of daily reads so it will happen one of these days.

]]> By: Mutantfrog http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-32374 Mutantfrog Mon, 06 Feb 2006 06:49:05 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/#comment-32374 Oh I see, I'd never heard that term before. No, we've never been linked to by Instapundit. We have had a couple of Boingboing links though, and there was a pretty significant spike in traffic following that. I don't personally read Instapundit, but if you see a post here that you think Mr. Reynolds (or some other blogger) would enjoy, feel free to pass it along! Oh I see, I’d never heard that term before. No, we’ve never been linked to by Instapundit. We have had a couple of Boingboing links though, and there was a pretty significant spike in traffic following that.

I don’t personally read Instapundit, but if you see a post here that you think Mr. Reynolds (or some other blogger) would enjoy, feel free to pass it along!

]]> By: Plunge http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-32372 Plunge Mon, 06 Feb 2006 05:22:11 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/#comment-32372 One last little comment, as an example of an instalaunch, One Free Korea just got linked on instapundit. This is a Sunday in the US mind you. One Free Korea normally gets 600+ hits a day. They are now getting 600+ hits an hour. http://freekorea.blogspot.com/2006/02/springtime-in-gulag-s-korean-govt-says.html One last little comment, as an example of an instalaunch, One Free Korea just got linked on instapundit. This is a Sunday in the US mind you. One Free Korea normally gets 600+ hits a day. They are now getting 600+ hits an hour.

http://freekorea.blogspot.com/2006/02/springtime-in-gulag-s-korean-govt-says.html

]]> By: Plunge http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-32370 Plunge Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:43:00 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/02/05/japanese-vs-us-blogs/#comment-32370 An "instalaunch" is when you get a link on http://instapundit.com. Can mean up to 10,000 hits or so. An “instalaunch” is when you get a link on http://instapundit.com. Can mean up to 10,000 hits or so.

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