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facebook gets japanese

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2011.11.26

When I lived in Japan, none of my Japanese friends and coworkers were using Facebook.

Wow has that ever changed. I can't sign into that site without being bombarded with suggestions to connect with friends and colleagues and acquaintances who've recently turned up. I mean pages and pages of them.

Welcome to it, Japan. The dread starts mild, and takes about two weeks to set in.

rand()m quote

There's nothing more difficult to handle, more doubtful of success and more dangerous to carry through than initiating change.

—Niccolo Machiavelli