My boyfriend's!
- Everyone likes the pictures of your boyfriend? - Yeah I get more clicks.
I put things up about hairstyles I make and fashion.
I have about 250 followers.
Hi guys this is Cathy Cat. Lots of your guys are actually
chatting with me on Twitter, today we will go and ask Japanese people
What social media they use the most.
So let's find out what kind of SNS Japanese people like.
What social networking service do you use the most?
I use Twitter.
- Twitter. - Twitter!
LINE.
How many followers do you have on Twitter?
Including friends about 200.
- Is your account open for everyone to see? - It is.
Mine is open and I have 600 followers.
I have mine locked and about 300 followers.
It's a locked account with 200-300 followers.
On LINE?
What? No! On Twitter.
On LINE I have less. Only my real friends.
Around 100 people.
What do you use SNS the most for? Like chatting with friends or
uploading things about your life?
What do you use it for?
I will write about hanging out with friends and add pictures.
Or when I had a good time, and pictures of my dog.
Is the most popular pictures from your dog?
For what do you get the most likes?
My boyfriend!
- Everyone likes the pictures of your boyfriend? - Yeah I get more clicks.
When I go somewhere like "I went to Disneyland yesterday".
What do you get the most likes for?
If I hang out with my university friends, my friends will all like the post.
I use it when I am hanging out with friends.
Your tweets are protected, right?
So with a locked account you keep in touch with your friends.
About LINE? We chat in a friendship group.
All your university friends write in it?
The group of us four keeps writing there all day.
All four of you are part of the same LINE group.
"Hey whatya doing" that stuff.
Do you use some sort of SNS?
- I do. - What do you use the most?
- I use LINE. - Me too.
What are you using LINE for?
Talking with friends and such.
And posting in a group chat.
I use it mostly to chat with my friends.
What SNS are you using the most?
SNS wise I use Facebook the most.
You use this one the most.
Yes Facebook would be my number one. - What do you use it for?
I actually work as Comedian.
So I put up posts about our gigs and announcements.
What do you get the most likes for?
We had the chance to take part in a big event.
Someone took a video of us being there.
And when I uploaded that I got many likes.
How many followers and friends do you have?
About 1400.
That's pretty nice.
. Well my parents are famous. - That has noting to do with your parents.
Well I use Twitter the most.
I use twitter for announcements of our next gigs and such.
When we take parts in events, I tweet about that.
At live performances, you can often vote for artists.
When I tweeted that we got a high ranking, many people congratulated me.
I only have about 400 followers though.
I use Instagram for pictures of food and...
look at other's pages. - How many followers do you have?
About 200 followers. - Is it protected?
- Not right now. - And before then? - It was protected.
- I use LINE. - How many friends do you have? - About 100.
I use twitter the most. I put things up about hairstyles I make and fashion.
I have about 500 followers.
I use Instagram for pictures of my cat.
What SNS do you use second place?
- I use Instagram. - How many followers do you have?
Not that many, around 100
The people I know don't have that many followers either.dd
Just over 100.
I use Instagram. I have about 200 followers.
I have just over 100 followers on Instagram.
That would now be Twitter.
- Are your tweets protected? - They are.
I don't want weird people to see them.
What pictures do you post on Instagram?
Scenery. I try not to put too many pictures with my face on it.
Those kind of pictures I reserve for Twitter.
I only put nice scenery and stuff up.
Lots of things.
Pictures of nice food.
Food and pictures that I took well and such.
What pictures do you put on your Twitter?
Pictures hanging out with friends.
What's your second most used SNS?
That's Twitter.
Is your account open or do you have it protected?
My tweets are protected.
When I went somewhere with friends I will tweet about it.
I put that up and also celebrate the birthday of my favorite artists there.
- So you write them comments? - I do.
What type of pictures do you put up on Twitter?
Most of the time it's pictures of hanging out with friends and Purikura.
And your followers?
Around 300
Your second best SNS is...? - Instagram.
What type of pictures do you upload there?
Mainly food but also other things.
Do you have your Instagram locked? - No.
I have about 250 followers.
What's your second most used SNS?
I use the TIMELINE feature on LINE. I only have my acquaintances on LINE.
So whatever I only want my friends to see, I put up there.
My second would be Instagram.
I only let acquaintances see my Instagram.
I check out what my friends are doing over it.
- Instead of posting, you are reading? - I mostly do that.
I want to see what's up.
I use Facebook. I read stuff. Every day.
Just loooking. - Yeah like that.
What are you putting up the most, what do you get likes for?
Bird. I own a bird.
If you put pictures of it up you get the likes?
My Instagram. It's all about beauty.
And things about seminars I joined. I write more specifically on my instagram.
My second is Twitter. - Your follower number is...
Around 300.
Nice one, how about you? - Also about 500.
One thing I realized in Japan is that many people in Japan really protect
their online privacy. What do you think? Do you care about it lots too?
There are things I am careful about and those I am not.
If I want people to see something, I take it off.
And if I don't want something to be seen, I protect it.
It depends on the app.
On Instagram I only have friends, so I post private things but
on Twitter anyone can see it, so I only post things everyone can see.
I don't want any strangers to see my things, so everything is protected.
Super safe. - I protect it all.
- How about you? - I protect it all too.
- 100%? - 100%!
Thank you so much.
Ok we asked about SNS and interestingly in Japan TWITTER is still very big.
And they also have Instagram and LINE has also been mentioned.
Twitter is being used for being in touch with people, putting up pictures and such
LINE is comparable to a SNS, maybe like Whatsapp if you have that in your country.
LINE also has cute stickers so it has the cuteness factorF
that Japanese people like I lot. I think it comes originally from Korea.
Those were the apps that people are using here. One thing I have to mention
Japanese people are VERY careful about their online personality
AND privacy. Many of them had profiles but they never made them public.
They only kept it to themselves or their friends and they are careful about
what they are sharing. Even when they put up pictures they will put a heart
over their face. So they put up information but are still very careful
how much information they actually share.
You will see that Lolitas will have a different Lolita name and a whole different profile.
Just to protect their personality a little bit.
So while we have the SNS situation...
I have Instagram and Twitter and I usually tweet with people.
Put in the #AskJapanese I'll usually tweet you back
If you find my twitter and send me a message I try to get back to you
within a week or so, at the latest, even if I very busy I try
to get back to you guys.
I like chatting with you guys. Feel free to find me on Twitter and Instagram.
Don't forget I have a YouTube channel as well about Japanese culture
if you haven't watched it yet would be so nice if you could stop by and join me.
Anyways. Wish you a lovely day and catch you soon on Ask Japanese.